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Article 90
 

Nomination of candidates for the position of head of local self-government

1. Candidates shall be nominated by voters’ meetings held at their places of work, service, study or place of residence. The voters’ meetings shall be considered as competent if not less than 25 people attend each of them. Participants of the meeting themselves shall determine the procedural issues of the conduct of the meeting. A candidate shall be considered nominated if he or she has gained more than half of the votes out of the total number of the meeting participants.

2. Nomination of candidates from a political party is made at the party’s congress (conference) or at the meeting (conference) of its regional (ayil, city, rayon or oblast) branch.

A member of rayon or city election commission and a representative of the Ministry of Justice bodies shall be entitled to attend the congress (conference) of the political party, the meeting (conference) of its regional branch.

3. A citizen shall be entitled to nominate himself or herself (self-nomination) for the position of head of local self-government by submitting an application to the rayon or city election commission on his or her intention to stand for the position.

4. A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic who occupied the position of head of local self-government and who discontinued the execution of his/her authorities as head of local self-government ahead of time in case of retirement or in connection with no-confidence vote passed in accordance with the procedure stipulated by law may not be nominated as a candidate at the election appointed in connection with the said circumstances.

5. Nomination of candidates for the position of head of local self-government shall begin from the moment when the election is appointed and end 35 calendar days before the election date.

(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on October 14th 2001 year No.87, January 24th 2004 year No.7)