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Following on news that Nazarbayev vetoed the referendum to extend his term until the year 2020, ITAR-TASS reports that the Speaker of the Mazhilis (the lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament) has called for a joint session on the 14th of January. So far there is no word on the agenda of the meeting, however some suspect that the goal is to override Nazarbayev’s veto, which would take a vote of 80% of Parliament. Earlier press has reported that both houses of Parliament approved the measure unanimously.

Other rumors are spreading that the government will be replaced or that some kind of new program will be announced ahead of the President’s Address to the People, which the President gives every year and sets out the year’s agenda.

I’ll be keeping an eye on the news on the 14th and let you know what’s going on.