14/01/2011 11:49
Kazakh parliament approves referendum to extend Nazarbayev's rule
Kazakhstan's parliament on Friday voted unanimously in favor of a referendum to extend the rule of long-standing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev until 2020, bypassing the 2012 election.
“This decision was backed by 44 out of 44 senators and 106 out of 106 deputies of the lower house,” RIA Novosti reports quoting lower house speaker Ural Mukhamedzhanov.
The move means that Nazarbayev's 20-year rule will be extended by another decade and makes it impossible for Nazarbayev to veto the legislation according to Kazakh law.