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KAZAKHSTAN DAILY DIGEST
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From: Elina Karakulova (ekarakulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 14:14:03 EDT
KAZAKH OPPOSITION CONSOLIDATES FOR SEPTEMBER LOCAL ELECTIONS
Several major opposition groups in Kazakhstan are consolidating their efforts in order to take part in local elections scheduled for 20 September, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. The groups -- including Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK), the Communist Party, the Pokolenie pensioners' movement, some other public associations, and electoral blocs in particular oblasts -- opened a national election headquarters in Almaty on 23 July. A coalition council of parliamentarians and members of various parties and public organizations has been set up at the headquarters. Election headquarters chief Asylbek Kozhakhmetov told visitors at the opening that 470 candidates for oblast, city, and raion councils have signed commitments to the coalition if they are elected. Kozhakhmetov was quoted as saying that more than half of the coalition's candidates are DVK members. Although its headquarters just opened, the coalition has already been conducting seminars for candidates, campaign workers, and election observers. The coalition's objective is to increase the influence of local councils and to reduce that of local executive bodies. BB
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