Theses - Касым-Жомарт Токаев (9)
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1. «Some people told me: why dismantle the old power mechanism, when you can use it in your own interests?»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15551

2. «In his Address, Tokayev laid out the foundations for the fulfillment of the cherished dream of Kazakh people: to move the passions away from the streets inside the walls of the Parliament’s building.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15553

3. «President Tokayev reminded his audience that even before the tragic January his administration initiated no less than 10 laws aimed at democratization of political life in Kazakhstan.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15554

4. «One of them was the new law on free assembly, which allowed people to freely meet and organize discussions and political actions outdoors.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15555

5. «Prohibition for the relatives of the Republic’s presidents to occupy important positions in the state organs and parties.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15556

6. «The empowerment of Mazhilis (the lower house of the Parliament), which will pass laws without the usual “oversight” from the Senate and the executive; prohibition for the president to be a member of any political party; transformation of the electoral system to a mixed one, with 70 percent of the deputies elected by a proportional model, while 30 percent elected by the majoritarian vote.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15557

7. «Limitation on the powers of the super-rich and privileged groups of society…»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15559

8. «The President promised that this democratization will not bring the “negative scenarios”, as Gorbachev’s perestroika did.»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15560

9. «Democracy in Kazakhstan will mean not less, but more rule of laws, more security, more local self-rule for akims and maslekhats (local governors and councils).»
   – March 17, 2022, ASTANATIMES.COM: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Address: the Spirit of Freedom Combined With the Spirit of Rule of Law
   Source: https://ortcom.kz/ru/world-smi/1647511539
   https://qaz.vision/tezis/15561