Deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary meeting approved legislative amendments, abolishing the life presidential president of the country of Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (ANC) and the Security Council. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
According to the conclusion of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, the Judicial System and the law enforcement agencies of the Chamber, the amendments were sent to the transfer of the authority of the Chairman of the ANC and Chairman of the Security Council to the President of the country.
Also in Parliament discussed changes and additions to constitutional laws, which preserve the former leader of the republic the right to enter into the country’s Constitutional Council and act in the government and parliament.
In early January, mass protests broke out in Kazakhstan because of the increase in gas engine fuel prices. Socio-economic requirements were soon replaced by political, including about leaving Nazarbayev’s policies, and rallies turned into unrest. In several regions, the buildings of the authorities were captured and adjusted. For the suppression of protests threw the army. According to official data, 227 people died.