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LONDON (TCA) — It all looks like a shameful charade. But on a slightly longer term, Turkey’s referendum can be considered a step backward rather than forward and is certain to create more problems than it could possibly solve. It goes in the opposite direction of a trend emerging throughout Central Asia away from personality rule and towards a more collective form of government. While expected to have little immediate geopolitical spillover, the message sent by Turkey’s narrow majority in the direction of Central Asia is most of all psychological – and it is the wrong message. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on March 10 signed into law constitutional amendments transferring some powers from the country’s president to parliament and government ministers, the Kazakh presidential press service said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — On March 6, Kazakhstan’s Parliament approved the law "On Amendments and Additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and submitted the bill to the Head of State for signature, the Kazakh presidential press service said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Speaking to a working group for the constitutional reform on March 1, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that he made a decision to amend the Constitution by the discussion in the Parliament, without submitting it to a referendum, the presidential press service said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — As Kazakhstan’s longtime President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced a constitutional reform aimed at redistribution of state power in the country, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said he will delegate some of his sweeping powers to Parliament and to Government as he transforms his own leadership into a role he described as "supreme arbiter", RFE/RL reports. Continue reading