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• New Law on Religion Criticized

  As Parliament debates a new law “On Religion”, Forum 18 reports on religious leaders’ complaints. Most religious leaders were hesitant to speak publicly, in itself a sign that the atmosphere in Kazakhstan is not as tolerant as the government often claims. However, Lutheran Bishop Yuri Novgorodov, whose church has 52 congregations in Kazakhstan characterized the […]

  5/18/08 • (1)

• More Freedom in Kazakhstan

  Opposition party Nagyz Ak Zhol has changed its name to Azat, which means freedom in Kazakh. The party has also changed its leadership structure. Before the 29th of February, the party was led by a three co-chairs, Bolat Abilov, Tolegen Zhukeyev and Oraz Zhandosov. Now Abilov is the sole chair, unanimously in. Zhukeyev was elected […]

  3/09/08 • (Comments Off on More Freedom in Kazakhstan)

• Bread Revolution?

  For the past two weeks, there has been quite a bit of coverage on TV and in the print media about the increases in prices of bread in Central Asia. This week, in Kazakhstan the issue came to a head and was brought to the government’s attention. Some report that in Shimkent a leposhka (flat […]

  10/03/07 • (Comments Off on Bread Revolution?)

• Older Post: Visit to KZ

  Another old one—ignore the word recently and pray that the links still work! What slowed me down posting this one was finding sources for a lot of my claims here but I think by now they are old news and don’t need referencing, right? Esther Dyson of the National Endowment for Democracy recently was in […]

  9/24/07 • (Comments Off on Older Post: Visit to KZ)

• More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed

  Earlier this week, President Nazarbayev appointed a new Minister of Energy and a new Minister of Labor and Social Protection, as well as a new deputy Prime Minister. What is odd is that the constitutional reforms advocated by the President required that Parliament approve new Ministers. However, last Tuesday when the announcements were made, the […]

  9/01/07 • (Comments Off on More Shifts and a son-in-law is dismissed)

• NurOtan wins

  I’m back an just in time to report on the biggest shocker in Kazakhstan politics in history: According to preliminary results, Nurotan won 88% of the vote, while no opposition party won more than the 7% necessary to get a seat in Parliament. It’s not a surprise give the way NurOtan has been strengthening for […]

  8/20/07 • (Comments Off on NurOtan wins)

• New Law on Parliament Passed

  Yesterday Parliament approved and the President signed a new law “On Parliament” which basically clarifies some points regarding the new constitutional amendments and how they will be carried out. Parliament will be dissolvedand a new Parliament elected. Under the new system, each party will publish its list of proposed members of Parliament, but the people […]

  6/20/07 • (Comments Off on New Law on Parliament Passed)

• New Amendments Clarified in English

  I finally found a list of the most important of the constitutional amendments in English and in some detail. It’s actually in the latest news bulletin of the Kazakhstan Embassy to the US, reporting on the new Government Secretary’s speech on the amendments but it has some details of what these reforms mean. Among some […]

  5/21/07 • (Comments Off on New Amendments Clarified in English)

• President for Life?

  Today Parliament held the second meeting to vote on Amendments to the Constitution. Although most of the amendments proposed today had been discussed earlier, there was one surprise amendment. Parliament today voted to allow the First President of Kazakhstan to run for reelection as many times as he choses to[RU].

  5/18/07 • (Comments Off on President for Life?)

• Amendements passed

  Several of the proposed amendments to the Constitution were adopted today, according to gazeta.kz in the first reading. Other proposals will be discussed further in a second session on May 18. Proposals passed today include: The number of Parliament members will indeed be increased as proposed. Mazhilis will be selected by Party slates Parliament will […]

  5/16/07 • (2)

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