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This radical revamp of 80 per cent of the constitution will lay out the future trajectory for Kazakhstan – and provide a legacy for President Kassym Zhomart Tokayev.\n\n**Касым-Жомарт Токаев** · 2026-03-16\n\nDocument: Chatham House: Kazakhstan referendum: The new constitution demonstrates a diminishing interest in Western values\n\nВведение статьи, описание масштаба конституционных изменений.\n\nQaz.Vision card: https://qaz.vision/tezis/493?lang=en\nPrimary source: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/03/kazakhstan-referendum-new-constitution-demonstrates-diminishing-interest-western-values","html_embed":"<blockquote class=\"qazvision-embed-card\" data-qazvision-quote=\"493\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"qazvision-embed-brand\">QAZ.VISION · QUOTE</span><p class=\"qazvision-embed-quote\">On 15 March, voters in Kazakhstan approved the most comprehensive overhaul of its constitution since its adoption in 1995 under former president Nursultan Nazarbayev. This radical revamp of 80 per cent of the constitution will lay out the future trajectory for Kazakhstan – and provide a legacy for President Kassym Zhomart Tokayev.</p><footer><div class=\"qazvision-embed-byline\"><span class=\"qazvision-embed-speaker\">Касым-Жомарт Токаев</span><time datetime=\"2026-03-16\">2026-03-16</time></div><a class=\"qazvision-embed-title\" href=\"https://qaz.vision/tezis/493?lang=en\">Chatham House: Kazakhstan referendum: The new constitution demonstrates a diminishing interest in Western values</a><div class=\"qazvision-embed-links\"><a class=\"qazvision-embed-record\" href=\"https://qaz.vision/tezis/493?lang=en\">Thesis card</a><a class=\"qazvision-embed-source\" href=\"https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/03/kazakhstan-referendum-new-constitution-demonstrates-diminishing-interest-western-values\">Primary source</a></div></footer></blockquote>","schema":"qazvision-quote/v1","service":"Qaz.Vision"}