5 mln signature sheets submitted to Central Electoral Commission: Y.Sydykov
10:56, 12 January 2011
ASTANA. January 12. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ The initiative group supporting the referendum to prolong the First President's powers till 2020 has submitted signature sheets with signatures of 5 mln Kazakhstanis to the Central Electoral Commission today.
Chairman of the group Yerlan Sydykov made it public at a briefing in the National Press Club.
"We submitted over 5 mln sheets to the Central Electoral Commission. This is more than a half of Kazakhstan's voters. Our initiative was supported in all the regions and by the majority of the population", Y.Sydykov said.