Go to the media bankPresident of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. File photoALMA-ATA, Oct 22 The upcoming presidential elections in Kazakhstan will establish a new tradition of responsible presidency, which will establish a mechanism for the regular change of supreme power, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev believes. The presidential election will be held on November 20. On them, for the first time, Kazakhstanis will elect a head of state, whose term of office will be seven years without the right to re-election. power, will put a barrier to attempts to monopolize it,» he said on Saturday at a solemn meeting on the occasion of the upcoming national holiday — Republic Day. According to Tokayev, the elections of deputies to the Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) and maslikhats (local representative bodies) scheduled for next year all levels will become an important watershed in the development of Kazakhstani parliamentarism. Their results, according to the President, will be a direct reflection of our ongoing political modernization, which is aimed at expanding the participation of citizens in government, ensuring an inclusive representation of all social groups. «Thus, we will reboot and strengthen the key institutions of our political system, set a sustainable vector for long-term state building,» he concluded.
