A number of ODIHR EOM interlocutors expressed a lack of trust in the impartiality and independence of the work of lower-level election commissions based on the perception of the prevalence of members of the largest party, Amanat, in their composition. [...] According to Article 47 of the Election Law, a candidate may not be subject to detention or custody from the moment of registration until the announcement of the official results without the consent of the CEC (except for cases of detention at a scene of a crime or the commission of a grave or especially grave crime). [...] 63 In the 2019 Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Kazakhstan, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed concerns about the low representation of women at the ministerial level, the Senate and discriminatory gender stereotypes hindering the participation of women in political and public life. [...] In particular, several candidates found the processing of payments too burdensome and time-consuming: a number of candidates were refused such payments until the verification of their tax declaration two weeks after the start of the campaign.73 The Election Law does not regulate the return of public funds, but the CEC informed the ODIHR EOM that the deregistered candidates would have to return the. [...] However, all of the affected victims expressed doubts to the ODIHR EOM about the accuracy of the investigation and whether the alleged organizer was the actual one.
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