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Kazakh Lawmakers Vote Mamin Back In As PM After Elections Deemed 'Not Competitive' January 15, 2021 13:10 GMT Share share Print NUR-SULTAN -- Kazakhstan's newly elected parliament has voted to keep Prime Minister Asqar Mamin in the post following the recent elections as the country looks for continuity to attract foreign investment into its oil, gas, and mining sectors. During its first session since the elections on January 10, deputies in parliament's lower chamber, the Mazhilis, voted 78 to zero with 21 abstentions on January 15 in favor of Mamin. He had resigned, as dictated by law, to al...

New government after poll results to place high premium on continuity and pursue Moscow-centric foreign policy Zaki Shaikh   | 10.01.2021 A polling station is seen as people arrive to cast their votes for parliamentary elections in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan on January 10, 2021.After Kazakhstan’s last parliamentary elections in 2016, the nation is headed to the polls to elect new lawmakers to 5-year terms. ( Meiramgul Kussainova - Anadolu Agency ) The writer is a UK based analyst and has worked with universities in three Centr...

Three parties passed the seven-percent threshold

Nazarbaev's Daughter Gets Seat In New Kazakh Parliament January 12, 2021 16:22 GMT share Print NUR-SULTAN -- Darigha Nazarbaeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakhstan's first president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, is one of the 76 lawmakers from the party led by her father who acceded to the newly elected parliament. Nur Otan, the party led by Nazarbaev, on January 12 published the list of its members, including the 57-year-old Nazarbaeva, elected to the 107-member lower chamber, the Mazhilis, after January 10 elections, which were called “uncompetitive” by international observers. In May last year,...

Kazakh Ruling Party Keeps Tight Grip In 'Uncompetitive' Vote January 11, 2021 11:51 GMT Share share Print ALMATY -- Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party has kept its firm grip on power in parliamentary elections called “uncompetitive” by international observers after the only registered opposition boycotted the vote to protest a lack of development and freedom in the Central Asian nation’s political landscape. The Central Election Commission said on January 11 that preliminary results from the vote a day earlier gave former authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s Nur Otan, the rul...