Parliament of Kazakhstan approves abolishing law on first president

• Published date: 13 January 2023
• Publication title: Central Asian News Services

The Parliament approved the abolition of the law on the first President at a joint meeting of the two chambers, Orda.kz reported.

Nazarbayev will be subject to general guarantees that will apply to all former presidents of the country.

"In accordance with the amendments to the Constitution, paragraph 4 of Article 46 of the Constitution was excluded, which provides for the status and powers of the first president of Kazakhstan to be determined by the Constitution and constitutional law. Kazakhstan adheres to a democratic pluralistic course, and it is necessary to exclude any mechanisms that contribute to the usurpation of power by an individual," one of the authors of the bill, deputy Yerlan...