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Presidential pre-election campaign starts in Turkmenistan (UPDATE)
2011.10.04 12:13 (UTC +05:00)
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Turkmenistan , Ashgabat, Oct. 4 / Trend H. Hasanov /
Turkmenistan has announced about the beginning of the pre-election campaign
preceding the presidential elections in Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Central Election Committee (CEC) said .
The presidential elections are scheduled for February 12, 2012. The district election commissions will work from 08:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m.
T he CEC reported that the campaign will be conducted in accordance with the plan of actions considered and approved at a previous meeting.
At present, polling stations are being established.
The staff of the district election commissions is being determined. The lists will be published in local newspapers.
The polling stations are being equipped with necessary material and technical means, including
s pecial transparent ballot boxes, reference and methodological literature,
office equipment, communication equipment, etc.
Polling stations will be established under diplomatic missions f or citizens staying outside Turkmenistan.
Brochures with texts of legislative acts in this area, instructions were prepared for national and international observers, representatives of foreign media.
All of the above-mentioned materials were published in Turkmen and Russian
languages.
Turkmen current president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov has recently said at a government meeting that the upcoming presidential elections in Turkmenistan should take place in an atmosphere of openness and publicity.
According to the country's Constitution, a Turkmen president can be a citizen born in Turkmenistan. The candidate must be at least forty years old, though not older than seventy, know the state language, have lived in Turkmenistan during the past fifteen years, worked in state bodies, public associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations.
A single presidential term lasts five years.
Nagorno-karabakh conflict
The details were added (the first version was posted at 11:56 a.m.)
Turkmenistan , Ashgabat, Oct. 4 / Trend H. Hasanov /
Turkmenistan has announced about the beginning of the pre-election campaign
preceding the presidential elections in Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Central Election Committee (CEC) said .
The presidential elections are scheduled for February 12, 2012. The district election commissions will work from 08:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m.
T he CEC reported that the campaign will be conducted in accordance with the plan of actions considered and approved at a previous meeting.
At present, polling stations are being established.
The staff of the district election commissions is being determined. The lists will be published in local newspapers.
The polling stations are being equipped with necessary material and technical means, including
s pecial transparent ballot boxes, reference and methodological literature,
office equipment, communication equipment, etc.
Polling stations will be established under diplomatic missions f or citizens staying outside Turkmenistan.
Brochures with texts of legislative acts in this area, instructions were prepared for national and international observers, representatives of foreign media.
All of the above-mentioned materials were published in Turkmen and Russian
languages.
Turkmen current president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov has recently said at a government meeting that the upcoming presidential elections in Turkmenistan should take place in an atmosphere of openness and publicity.
According to the country's Constitution, a Turkmen president can be a citizen born in Turkmenistan. The candidate must be at least forty years old, though not older than seventy, know the state language, have lived in Turkmenistan during the past fifteen years, worked in state bodies, public associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations.
A single presidential term lasts five years.
Nagorno-karabakh conflict
