On June 5, Kazakhs will vote on a package of reforms intended to transform the country from a super-presidential system to a “presidential system with a strong parliament.”
Highlights
- Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called protesters terrorists and requested support from the Russian-backed Collective Security Treaty Organization to quell mass unrest.
- The vote will take place on June 5, just one month after the proposed reforms were released.
- The reform package addresses 33 separate articles – about one third of the total constitutional articles – and was developed by a working group.
- The reforms are said to transform Kazakhstan from a super-presidential system to a “presidential.
- system with a strong parliament’s.
- power.