After the violent clashes in January, which could have brought down power without the intervention of military forces ordered by Moscow, Kassym-Jomart Tokaev presented, on Wednesday March 16, his political and economic roadmap for a “New Kazakhstan”. .
“The foundations of the new Kazakhstan will have to rest on a harmonious alliance between political and economic reforms”, and on a simple starting principle: “Plural opinions, but united nation”. This is the new course for the country, announced by President Kassym-Jomart Tokaev in an address to the nation on Wednesday March 16, relays the Kazakh site InformBuro.kz.
Presented to the Kazakhs two months after demonstrations repressed in blood which made waver the power in place, this program of thirty radical reforms proposes “a path of renewal and modernization” for the Central Asian country.
The reforms aim to“avoid stagnation” and will go first and foremost through the “dismantling of the vertical of power created by former President Nursultan Nazarbaev [qui a dirigé le pays de 1990 à 2019]”, which requires considerably amending the Constitution and rewriting many laws, observes the Russian newspaper Kommersant.
The political regime “superpresidential”become ineffective and unable to “strengthen the company”, will no longer be appropriate. The Moscow daily announces a series of objectives announced by the authorities: the country must transform itself into a presidential republic endowed with a “Strong Parliament”.
The head of state, the presidents of local administrations and other senior officials will no longer be able to remain at the head of political parties because, according to Tokaev, “the interpenetration of structures
[…]
Alda Engoian