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Tag archive for ‘Yermukhamet Yertysbayev’

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  I am constantly amused by the way Kazakhstan government officials choose to portray themselves when a scandal breaks. For example, when rumors started spreading that President Nazarbayev was having surgery in Germany recently, government officials answered by saying he was on vacation and no one knew where he was. The government was, quite understandably, trying […]

  7/28/11 • (1)

• Sub Rosa Endorsement

  The article everyone is talking about today is Yermukhamet Yertysbayev’s interview with Russian newspaper, Kommersant in which he stated that Timur Kulibayev will replace President Nazarbayev if something should happen. The interview covers a lot of recent controversies, and was pretty clearly designed to allay concerns about some of the machinations in Astana, such as […]

  7/26/11 • (1)

• When One Becomes Two

  “Revolution from above” may be the buzzword of the 2012 Parliamentary campaign, unless they are held early. Yermukhamet Yertysbayev has been talking about having a second party in Parliament for bit now. It appears that the plan is to split NurOtan into two parties with one part representing politicians and the government and one part […]

  4/13/11 • (Comments Off on When One Becomes Two)

• 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)

• The Big Day

  Today there will be a joint session of both houses of Parliament and the referendum to extend Nazarbayev’s term until 2020 is on the agenda. The Central Election Committee in a record 3 days checked all 5 million signatures and found only 194,000 were invalid. They have sent the petition on to the President. The […]

  1/14/11 • (Comments Off on The Big Day)

• 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)

• 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)

• “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.”)