Four more candidates allowed to run for Kyrgyz presidency
The Kyrgyz Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday gave four more candidates the green light to run in the country's upcoming presidential election.
The permission came days after a Kyrgyz court overturned the CEC's decision not to recognize the signatures collected by Toroboi Kolubayev, Tursunbai Bakir Uulu, Nariman Tyuleyev and Akbaraly Aitikeyev in their favor.
Meanwhile, the CEC turned down the applications of another four people, arguing that they had failed to collect enough signatures in their favor.
CEC member Zharkyn Bapanova said that the newly-added candidates will not be given more time for their campaigns.
The Central Asian country allows presidential candidates to start their campaigns as soon as they are registered. The campaigns must end one day before the election day.
As of now, 24 candidates have been allowed to run in the Oct. 30 presidential election, including incumbent Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev.
Editor: Chen Zhi
English.news.cn 2011-10-06 21:30:10 FeedbackPrintRSS
BISHKEK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua)
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