Kazakhstan budget appropriated 1 bln. tenge for parliament elections - Central Elections Committee (CEC)

/Almaty office of REUTERS, 11.08.99/ - Kazakhstan appropriated about one billion tenge for the elections to the parliament and to local executive bodies (maslikhats) to be held in fall, said the chairman of the Central elections committee (CEC) Zagila Balieva. "The budget appropriated 276 million tenge for financing the election campaign of Majilis (one of the houses of the parliament) deputies, and another 666 million tenge for the election campaign of maslikhats (local executive bodies of the government) with total of around 1 billion tenge", said Balieva. In Kazakhstan the elections to the house of the parliament - Majilis, where political parties were given 10 seats out of 77, and to maslikhats are scheduled on October 10. To other house of the parliament - Senate 16 people will be reelected on September 17. Registration of the candidates to Majilis is held between August 11 and September 9, and registration of the candidates to maslikhats is held between August 9 and August 31. Registration of those who wishes to become a senator will end on August 27, said the chairman of the Central elections committee. Balieva says that candidates' election fund can be as much as 4.5 million tenge and this amount is formed with candidate's own money and voluntary donations of citizens and organizations. The limit is set at 39.75 million tenge for election fund of political parties. Balieva also says that the Central committee will monitor financing of the candidates' propaganda activities. "The Central election committee will strictly monitor propaganda campaigns so that they are not financed from foreign sources", she added.