And the winner is...
The latest update from Kyrgyz-Info has just reported that there are currently 22 candidates in the Presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan... (full story in Russian here).
Quite impressive, in theory, despite a lot of commentators suggesting it is a bit of a one-horse race now that the two favourites, Kurmanbek Bakiev and Feliks Kulov, have teamed up. Certainly, the Kyrgyz-Info poll would suggest this may well be the case. Anyhow, of this number, 10 have been nominated by voters committees, 3 by political parties and 9 are self-nominated. Interestingly, some of those who have been nominated by committees seem reluctant to stand, in one case announcing to the Central Election Committee that he did not agree with being nominated. Some of the candidates have already passed the state language test (previously administered arbitrarily to allegedly exclude oppponents of ex-president Akaev, including Kulov), others are sitting it shortly.
The OSCE has also opened its election observation mission for the July 10 elections, as reported on its website.
Quite impressive, in theory, despite a lot of commentators suggesting it is a bit of a one-horse race now that the two favourites, Kurmanbek Bakiev and Feliks Kulov, have teamed up. Certainly, the Kyrgyz-Info poll would suggest this may well be the case. Anyhow, of this number, 10 have been nominated by voters committees, 3 by political parties and 9 are self-nominated. Interestingly, some of those who have been nominated by committees seem reluctant to stand, in one case announcing to the Central Election Committee that he did not agree with being nominated. Some of the candidates have already passed the state language test (previously administered arbitrarily to allegedly exclude oppponents of ex-president Akaev, including Kulov), others are sitting it shortly.
The OSCE has also opened its election observation mission for the July 10 elections, as reported on its website.
posted by CXW @ 2:26 pm
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