Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met Prosecutor General Berik Asylov ahead of the maslikhat elections. He gave the prosecutor general instructions concerning the upcoming vote. The talks were presented as part of the preparations for those elections. Maslikhats are local advisory bodies used in Kazakhstan to involve public representatives in local governance. The account was based on a statement from Akorda, the presidential administration's press service. Tengrinews cited that statement in reporting the meeting. The brief report did not spell out the tasks Tokayev assigned to Asylov. It also gave no election date or information about the maslikhats concerned.