The law "On the Unified State Register of Voters" will appear in Turkmenistan. This was stated by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, speaking on Thursday to the deputies of the Mejlis during the first meeting of the national parliament of the seventh convocation, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports today.

“Development of draft Laws of Turkmenistan “On amendments and additions to the Electoral Code of Turkmenistan”, as well as the Law of Turkmenistan “On the Unified State Register of Voters” with the aim of organizing high-level elections of deputies of the Mejlis, members of velayat, etrap, city halk maslahaty and Gengeshes, introducing into the electoral legislation the practices developed during the elections and international experience is an important factor in the development of representative bodies in the future,” Serdar Berdimuhamedov said.

According to him, the Laws of Turkmenistan "On local representative bodies of state power", "On local executive bodies" and "On local self-government" should be improved in line with the consistent modernization of the activities of local government bodies.

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