Kazakhstan's president to announce investigation results of January riots
Date
2/18/2022 1:04:20 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 18
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan's President Kassym Jomart Tokayev will announce the
results of the investigation of the January events in the upcoming
address to the people, the president's spokesperson Berik Uali
said, Trend reports.
'As Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in an interview with the
Qazaqstan TV channel, all known information will be published, we
will not hide anything from the people. Currently, the relevant
authorities are conducting large-scale investigative actions, which
will require some time,' Uali said.
Uali noted that the address is scheduled for mid-March.
Kazakhstan's government announced late Jan. 4 that it was
restoring some price caps on liquefied petroleum gas, after the
rare protests reached Almaty following a sharp rise in the price of
the fuel at the start of the year.
Many Kazakhs have converted their cars to run on LPG, which is
far cheaper than gasoline as a vehicle fuel in Kazakhstan because
of price caps. But the government argued that the low price was
unsustainable and lifted the caps on Jan. 1. After the price of the
fuel spiked, big demonstrations erupted on Jan. 2 in certain parts
of the country. Public protests are illegal in the country unless
their organizers file a notice in advance.
Following the development of the situation, the government
declared a state of emergency all over the country. Kazakh
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the government initiated
anti-terrorist operations to deal with the ongoing riots.
Also, the divisions of the united peacekeeping contingent of
CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) arrived in
Kazakhstan to assist in restoring order and help protect strategic
objects of the country.
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