In Kazakhstan, a referendum on a change in the Constitution will be about to take place in Kazakhstan. Is this the beginning of democratic transit or the formation of Tokayev dictatorship?

On June 5, Kazakhstan will host a referendum on amendments to the Constitution. Of the main amendments - a decrease in the number of powers of the president.

It is also proposed to exclude norms that regulate the powers and status of the first president of the Republic Nursultan Nazarbayev from the Constitution. In total, citizens of Kazakhstan will vote for more than 30 points of amendments in the main document of the country.

In January, mass riots were held in Kazakhstan, including with armed clashes, and President Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev asked the CSTO forces to introduce troops to suppress them. Russia and other participants in the collective security organization responded to a request. After that, the excitement ceased. Later, Nursultan Nazarbayev lost the post of head of the Security Council, and his relatives and people close to him lost their posts and posts in large companies.

We are talking with a political scientist DOSCUSE SATPAEV:

• What did President Tokaev achieve?
• Why does he need a referendum on a change in the Constitution?
• What about Kazakhstan? Does he follow the path of democratic transit or is it just a setting up the authoritarian regime under the current leader?

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Timcoda :

00:00 Greetings (luxurious!)

02:00 Important announcement

03:41 About political processes in Kazakhstan after riots in January

09:59 Who Tokaev relies on whom

21:38 Why Tokaev referendum in Kazakhstan

39:30 Island's example is contagious to Russia?

51:26 About the "foreign" announcement of this issue

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Presenter - Vladislav Gorin

Editor - Natasha Kondrashova

Music - Victor Davydov