Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan were held in accordance with international standards, the coordinator of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA) observer mission Mukhtar Yerman said this on Monday.
"Our mission concluded that the preparation and conduct of parliamentary conclusions were in line with national, sovereign legislation of Kyrgyzstan and generally accepted international standards," Yerman said.
As Farit Mukhametshin, representative of the IPA CIS observer mission, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Russian Parliament, said, the elections were held "at a good level of competition", as evidenced by the voting results and the overall high number of parties participating.
Another observer of the mission, Secretary-General of the Council of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States Dmitry Kobitsky said that "with such a turnout and such a number of complaints, there will most likely be no significant changes in the election results".
Conditions for the implementation of voting law
The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan at the parliamentary elections fully fulfilled its obligations to create all conditions for citizens to use their electoral right, the head of the CIS observer mission Victor Guminsky told on Monday.
"At the beginning of the election campaign, the CEC adopted an appeal on the election of deputies to parliament, in which it urged the organizers and participants of the election process to strictly comply with the requirements of electoral legislation, to show mutual respect and tolerance. In his appeal, the CEC assured that it would make every effort to ensure that the elections were held in a calm, stable atmosphere and would create all necessary conditions for the full exercise of the electoral right of citizens of Kyrgyzstan. The mission notes that the CEC did it to the fullest extent," Guminsky said.
56.5% out of 3.5 million registered voters participated in the elections held in Kyrgyzstan on October 4. 16 parties applied for 120 seats in the new composition of parliament. For this purpose, they had to gain more than 7 percent of the votes of citizens who took part in the elections and at least 0.7 percent in each of the seven regions of the country, as well as in the cities of Bishkek and Osh. In accordance with the Kyrgyz legislation, the CEC is obliged to announce the official results of the elections within 20 calendar days from the moment of the voting.
According to preliminary data of the CEC, the "Birimdik" party will receive 46 deputy mandates, "Mekenim Kyrgyzstan" - 45, "Kyrgyzstan" - 16 and "Butun Kyrgyzstan" - 13. That is, none of them got the majority, so they will have to unite in a coalition.
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Based on materials from TASS