Central Election Commission optimizes expenditures for referendum and early presidential elections

AKIPRESS.COM - The budget for the referendum on government system was approved in the amount of 39.9 million soms, Central Election Commission Vice Chairman Abdyjapar Bekmatov told AKIpress.
The budget for the snap presidential elections that will be held on one day with the referendum was approved in the amount of 549 million soms.
"Since the presidential elections and referendum will be held on one day, the expenditures were optimized," the CEC Vice Chairman said.
In case the referendum was held on another day, around 300 million soms would be required for its organization, he added.
2,473 polling stations were set up in Kyrgyzstan and abroad, including 45 stations outside Kyrgyzstan, 12 of them in Russia.