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The state doesn’t have sufficient financial resources for early elections to the nation's Majilis (lower chamber), Chairman of the Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Kuandyk Turgankulov announced July 7. “Elections to the Majilis and maslikhats [local representative bodies] will be held in 2012, as there is no money earmarked this year”, he said. In April Ermukhamet Ertysbayev, advisor to the President, told Kazakhstan might run early Parliament elections. However, President Nazarbayev refuted the speculation, saying that elections to the country’s Majilis would be held in 2012.
The state doesn’t have sufficient financial resources for early elections to the nation's Majilis (lower chamber), Chairman of the Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Kuandyk Turgankulov announced July 7.
“Elections to the Majilis and maslikhats [local representative bodies] will be held in 2012, as there is no money earmarked this year”, he said.
In April Ermukhamet Ertysbayev, advisor to the President, told Kazakhstan might run early Parliament elections. However, President Nazarbayev refuted the speculation, saying that elections to the country’s Majilis would be held in 2012.