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Location: Kyrgyzstan
Year of election: 2020 - 2020
Election type: Parliamentary
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Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Robust efforts are needed to address the persistent issue of vote-buying and pressure on voters, both through a civic awareness campaign and prosecutions, in order to promote confidence in the electoral process. A concrete and genuine commitment from political parties to combat vote-buying practices could be made.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Campaign Environment
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Media freedom should be strictly upheld. Interference with the activities of journalists and media outlets as well as undue limitations on the access to information should not be tolerated. The competent authorities should provide for safe environment for journalists and to ensure that all infringements of the freedom of the media are duly investigated and addressed.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Media
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure the transparency of campaign funding, parties could be required by law to submit annual financial reports, subject to public disclosure and clearly established oversight procedures.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The law should guarantee that candidate deregistration is an exceptional measure applied only in case of gross violations of the law. Sanctions for electoral violations should be applied in a consistent manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to banning the broadcasting of campaign material within news and current affairs programmes. Additionally, consideration could be given to require that paid political content is clearly and consistently identified as such.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Media
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Law-enforcement bodies must investigate reports about vote-buying and abuse of administrative resource in an efficient manner. Consideration could be given to enactment of an expedited procedure for investigation and adjudication of election-related offences.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Secondary thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The legal provisions for the secrecy of voting should be ensured in practice and enforced by PECs. Importance of ballot secrecy should be emphasized during the training of election commissions and in voter education materials.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Day
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
In line with previous recommendations, consideration could be given to revising the limit on mandates for one party, as well as the regional threshold. Independent candidates should be allowed to stand in elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Electoral System
Secondary thematic area:
Electoral System
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Electoral System and Legal Framework
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The CEC could adopt measures to ensure that national minorities are adequately represented in election commissions in areas compactly populated by these minorities.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Kyrgyzstan
2020
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Decisions affecting the rights and duties of electoral stakeholders, including on complaints, as well as interpretation of the law should be adopted by the CEC in open sessions. As previously recommended, all CEC decisions should be published in a timely manner.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2021
Final report heading:
Election Administration
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