Saudi- Voting in parliamentary election begins in Kazakhstan
Date
3/20/2016 7:04:53 AM
(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
ZHANAOZEN Kazakhstan Jumada II 11 1437 Mar 20 2016 SPA -- voting has begun in a parliamentary election in the republic of Kazakhstan where the governing party is expecting an easy win AP reported.
The early vote comes amid an economic crisis in this Central Asian nation which has been hard hit by the falling price of oil its main export commodity.
The Nur Otan party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to cruise to an easy victory and retain its control of the lower house of parliament.
--SPA
12:05 LOCAL TIME 09:05 GMT
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