In Kazakhstan, presidential candidates offered to check the psyche

The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan proposed to supplement the electoral law with a paragraph on compulsory examination of the mental health of presidential candidates.

According to the representative of the agency Lyazzat Suleimen, the initiative was announced by members of the linguistic commission that takes the Kazakh language exam from candidates for the presidency. It is noted that one of the two suspended self-promoted candidates - Murat Telibekov - refused to take the exam.

“Two times the secretary of the commission offered tickets, he pointedly refused. It can be concluded that he behaved inadequately, raised his voice, ”noted Lyazzat Suleimen.

According to the head of the linguistic commission Myrzataya Zholdasbekov, previously this procedure was mandatory for those who were going to run for president, but it was canceled after the observation of OSCE observers about human rights violations.

On March 11, the current president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, passed the state language proficiency test. The linguistic commission assessed his knowledge of the language as free, by allowing him to participate in the elections.

At the same time, 5 March, it became known that another presidential candidate - self-promoted Askar Syrgabayev - failed the language exam. “The exam results are very pitiable,” the chairman of the commission stated at the time.