Almaty court bans Communist Party of Kazakhstan for six months.

ASTANA, October 5 (Itar-Tass) - A specialized court for administrative
cases in Kazakhstan's city of Almaty has banned the activity of the
Communist Party of Kazakhstan for the term of six months.
The court based its resolution on that fact that party leader, Gaziz
Aldamzharov, was involved in the activity of the unregistered public
association Popular Front, which is an administrative offence, according
to prosecution agencies.
Apart from the six-month ban on the activity of the party, the court
awarded an administrative fine to its leader.
Gaziz Aldamzhanov, in the mean time, said the court ruling was
unlawful. "They think that we as a party and myself personally are taking
an active part in the activity of the unregistered public association
Popular Front. But who said it is a public association? Any public
association begins when it adopts a charter, hold a founding congress and
obtains registration in a two-month period," he told Itar-Tass over the
phone. "The status of the Popular Front has not yet been fixed, which will
be done at a congress in December. But the court decided it has already
been."
He also said he initiated the establishment of the Popular Front as a
private individual rather than the Communist Party leader. "The say the
party is taking an active part in the activity of the Popular Front but
not a single party member has filed an admission application. Even I
myself has not yet done this although I am one of its initiators," he
stressed.
The Communist leader said he believed the court ruling was linked to
the election campaign to the national parliament. "It was done because the
do not want us to take part in the elections," Aldamzhanov said.
Along with the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, there is the Communist
People's Party of Kazakhstan. The two split from a united Communist party
in 2004 over differences in their positions on a number of issues, such
admitting businessmen to the party's governing bodies.