Former President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. File photoNUR-SULTAN, 30 May. The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, believes that if one of the relatives used his name as a cover for breaking the law, then they should be held accountable.»For many years, we have been building a legal state in Kazakhstan. Its fundamental principle is that the law «one for all. If one of my relatives behind my back used my name as a cover for breaking the law, then they should be held accountable,» Nazarbayev said in an interview with well-known Kazakhstani political scientist Daniyar Ashimbaev, who published the text in his Telegram- channel.
Nazarbayev decided to support constitutional amendments regarding his statusAccording to Nazarbayev, guilt must be proven in court. «We must not forget that every citizen has the right to legal protection,» he said. The first president recalled the events connected with his former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev. «I think that everyone remembers the story of Rakhat Aliyev. He was my daughter's husband. He was practically like a son to me, he was the father of my grandchildren. But all this did not become a reason for the state to turn a blind eye to his illegal actions. He was convicted Kazakhstani justice. But he managed to escape and hid for the rest of his life. An unenviable fate,» Nazarbayev said. On March 13, the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan announced that it was investigating a criminal case on the facts of abuse of official powers and embezzlement of funds of Kazakhtelecom JSC on an especially large scale. On suspicion of committing these crimes, law enforcement officers arrested Nazarbayev's nephew Kairat Satybaldyuly. On March 17, the service announced an investigation into the case of a raider seizure of a business, in which Satybaldyuly and his ex-wife Gulmira Satybaldy, who is also in custody, are suspected. access roads to city-forming enterprises.
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