President received OSCE PA Secretary General and OSCE PA delegation head
The parties debated the issues regarding the upcoming presidential elections in Kazakhstan.
"I participated in monitoring of a lot of elections. One of the first elections was elections of Kazakhstan back to 1994. Since that time Kazakhstan has been constantly moving forward," OSCE PA Secretary General Robert Spencer Oliver said at the meeting.
"We are confident, the upcoming early presidential elections will conform to international standards," head of the OSCE PA delegation - special coordinator of the OSCE short-term observers Tonino Picula told a briefing following the talks with the President.
As earlier reported, on March 3 this year during the visit to the central headquarters of Nur Otan Party the President declared his intention not to campaign personally and but to focus on urgent issues concerning the fulfillment of the state policy.
Nursultan Nazarbayev also underlined that is crucial to strictly comply with the legislation in effect. The Head of State drew attention of all the governors to the need to compliance with the election legislation. All the governmental authorities should do their work and never intervene into the election campaign.
The President has charged the General Prosecutor's Office to ensure supervision over observance of the law, respond to pleas and other appeals concerning any violations of the election law.
Besides, the Head of State stressed the need to provide monitoring and public control over the elections.