Elections Are Barometers of Public Opinion, Monitoring Expert Says
The 10-year-old National Public Commission for the Control of Elections (ROKKV) has ramped up its activity in the weeks leading up to Mazhilis (lower chamber of Parliament) and maslikhat elections on March 20. ROKKV Chairman Nurlan Erimbetov discussed with Kazakhstanskaya Pravda issues of free and fair democratic elections, the influence of the electoral process on…