Kazakh Official Comments On Possibility Of Kazakhstan's First President Taking Part In Future Elections
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. Kazakhstan's
First President - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev will not be able to
take part in the upcoming snap presidential elections in
Kazakhstan, Kazakh Vice Minister of Justice Alma Mukanova told
journalists, Trend reports citing Kazakh media.
'According to the amendments adopted at the republican
referendum held earlier this year, the provision that allowed the
first president to be elected more than two times in a row was
excluded from the constitution,' Mukanova said.
On September 1, Kazakhstan's President Kassym Jomart Tokayev
proposed to hold snap presidential elections in Autumn this
year.
“I propose to hold snap presidential elections this fall. For
the successful implementation of cardinal and comprehensive reforms
on the path to building a just Kazakhstan, a new mandate of public
confidence is needed,” Tokayev said, speaking at a joint meeting of
the chambers of the Parliament.
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