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• Elbasi Status Will Be Constitutional

  Slightly ignored in the fuss over the referendum, yesterday’s vote in a joint session of Parliament also approved an amendment to enshrine Nazarbayev’s status as Leader of the Nation [RUS]. Parliamentarian Rakhmet Mukashev said, interestingly enough, that the term Elbasi (Leader of the Nation) already exists in the Kazakh text of the Constitution. Earlier last […]

  1/15/11 • (Comments Off on Elbasi Status Will Be Constitutional)

• Leader of the Nation Law Passed

  As predicted, the Leader of the Nation law entered into force [RUS] quietly this morning. Interestingly, the Kazakhstan Today article as republished on zona.kz spends a lot of time defending the legality of the law, noting that everyone who should have signed it, did in fact sign it. Except the President. The article goes on […]

  6/15/10 • (2)

• President Can Still Become Leader of the Nation

  According to Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President, The Leader of the Nation Law can still enter into force [RU] despite the fact that the President refused to sign it. According to Yertysbayev, refusing to sign the law is not equivalent to vetoing the law. So the President never vetoed this law. He claims that […]

  6/09/10 • (1)

• Tweet

  No Elbashi for me. Nazarbayev vetoes Leader of Nation Law. But Parliament can still overturn veto: http://bit.ly/dcUMDR

  6/04/10 • (Comments Off on Tweet)

• “An individual must never forget those public forces that bestow trust upon him and support him.”

  Interfax has an interview with Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President and former Minister of Information and Culture, where he discusses the “Leader of the Nation” law. In the interview, Yertysbayev claimed that there was nothing unusual about the speed with which the law went through Parliament: Decisions of that kind are usually made very […]

  5/28/10 • (Comments Off on “An individual must never forget those public forces that bestow trust upon him and support him.”)

• Leader of the Nation Law Passes Senate

  The Senate did not debate the amendments to the law that will give Nazarbayev the status of Leader of the Nation. The law now goes on to the President himself who can veto it or sign it into law–or send it to the Constitutional Council to ensure that the law is in accordance with the […]

  5/14/10 • (4)

• OK, if he says so I’m convince…

  OK, if he says so I’m convinced RT @gazetakz_en: Making President “Leader of the Nation” does not contradict democracy http://bit.ly/arMu63

  5/13/10 • (Comments Off on OK, if he says so I’m convince…)

• Kazakhbashi Bill Passes Lower House

  The Lower House of Parliament, the Mazhilis has approved two laws that would title Nazarbayev “Leader of the Nation” and give him legal immunity. His property and the property of his family are also deemed inviolable according to KazInform. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pointed out in an earlier article that Nazarbayev is already free from […]

  5/12/10 • (1)