Тезисы – Касым-Жомарт Токаев (9)
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1. «The old political system had clearly exhausted itself, outlived its usefulness, and was in need of a major overhaul.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Старая политическая система исчерпала себя и требует кардинального обновления.]

2. «President Tokayev announced the end of 'institutionalised nepotism', whereby close family members of the President can hold high positions in government and state owned enterprises.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Объявлено о прекращении институционализированного непотизма.]

3. «The new political system, from the clues we heard today, therefore, will be less based on family contacts and more on merit.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Новая политическая система будет основана на меритократии, а не на семейных связях.]

4. «The other important announcement, is the redistribution of presidential powers to the parliament, increasing the responsibility of the legislative branch of state power, while retaining general features of a presidential state.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Перераспределение полномочий президента в пользу парламента при сохранении президентской формы правления.]

5. «President Tokayev also aims to increase the independence of the judicial branch by setting up the Constitutional Court to replace the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan, an institution which all too often has been made susceptible to executive capture.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Создание Конституционного суда вместо Конституционного совета для усиления независимости судебной власти.]

6. «Kazakhstan is pioneering in this regard in the sense that it starts a process to gradually devolve powers to the Parliament while keeping stability in the country.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Казахстан пионер в постепенной передаче полномочий парламенту при сохранении стабильности.]

7. «It is therefore remarkable that President Tokayev pledges reviewing the media law and therefore building environment for open, competitive and responsible media, as an ally of the government to carry out further democratic changes and increase feedback mechanisms between citizens and government.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Пересмотр закона о СМИ для создания открытой и ответственной медиасреды как союзника демократических изменений.]

8. «While the threshold continues to decline for the formation of new parties, the real litmus test will be whether opposition parties actually get registered.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Снижение порога для создания партий, но ключевой тест — регистрация оппозиционных партий.]

9. «Instead, regional governors will be elected indirectly. That means the people don't get to elect them, but local councils do, to which the President must propose at least two candidates.»
   — 17 марта 2022, EUREPORTER: Turning Kazakhstan into a Competitive, Merit-Based Political System
   [Губернаторы будут избираться косвенно местными советами, а не прямым голосованием.]