Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.7 /Trend V.Zhavoronkova/
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev signed the law On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan adopted by Parliament on June 28, 2012, the presidential press service said on Tuesday.
The law was adopted in order to further promote decentralization of public administration.
In this regard, a new Article 21-1, which listed the issues that are within the competence of the joint meeting of local council is added to the law On Local Self-Government.
In addition Article 43 of the Law On Local Self-Government has been amended and in accordance with it the election of the mayor is appointed by the Central Election Commission (CEC) no later than 10 calendar days from the date of the first meeting of the newly elected city council.
Article 51 of the Law On elections of deputies of local councils was also amended, as well as Article 55. In accordance with amendments to Article 55 the amount of funds which formed at the expense of the election funds of political parties to finance the election campaign increased.