The dictator transferred power to his son, and then changed his mind and wanted to go back - this is what is happening now in Turkmenistan. We tell in detail

Former President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov reforms the power system in the country to reduce the influence and circle of powers of his successor, writes Carnegie Politika. In 2022, his son Serdar Berdymuhamedov became the head of state.

At the end of March, parliamentary elections were held in Turkmenistan, the purpose of which is to make parliament in the country single -fascinated. As a result, the upper house, which, after leaving the presidential post, heads the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, becomes an supranational body with almost unlimited powers.

Having implemented the transit of the authorities, the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, probably, hoped to “rule from behind the curtains,” writes Carnegie Politika. In fact, his son, becoming the president, took on many powers, began to pursue influential relatives and meet with foreign partners who are now building connections with him, and not with his father.

Such dual power leads to confusion in the hierarchy: neither society nor the state apparatus understand the essence of the Turkmen tandem. For example, Turkmen officials are confused who is worth it and should not be accompanied in foreign visits, and Gossmi - to show the plots about whom in the first place.

Galia Ibragimova, a journalist and a specialist in Central Asia, tells how the transit of the authorities in the authoritarian system works, on the example of Turkmenistan - and why Turkmen transit went not according to the plan under ideal conditions for him.

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