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• It Ain’t Over Til the Parliament Sings

  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 […]

  1/10/11 • (1)

• Nazarbayev Turns Down Referendum

  Kazakhstan Today is reporting that Nazarbayev has rejected the referendum on extending his presidential term to 2020. He issued a decree today: “On the rejection of the proposals of the Parliament of Kazakhstan for an all-nation referendum amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” in which he official rejected the Parliament’s proposal for […]

  1/07/11 • (1)

• 4 Million Signatures Planned

  Another update on the referendum to extend Nazarbayev’s term until 2010 On Dec 31, it was reported that the initiative group had collected 300,000 signatures. Yesterday they announced that they had over 3 million signatures and planned to have 4 million by 11 Jan, when the period of collecting signatures ends. Meanwhile, a group of […]

  1/07/11 • (Comments Off on 4 Million Signatures Planned)

• People’s Referendum

  Hope everyone had a nice New Year’s. Following up on the referendum to allow Nazarbayev to remain in power until 2020, which requires 200 000 signatures to be approved, one group in Almaty reports that they already have 300,000 signatures in support of the referendum. However they will continue to collect signatures until 11 Jan […]

  1/05/11 • (1)

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