Тезисы и цитаты: Касым-Жомарт Токаев

In his March 16 “message” to the people of Kazakhstan , Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reiterated the government’s narrative regarding “bloody January” and proposed a wide array of political reforms.

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Tokayev repeated comments about “radicals” and “terrorists,” the involvement of unnamed foreign forces, while also making comments about how “modernization” efforts in recent years had dismayed unnamed influential individuals.

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Armed bandits, traitors, and “professional mercenaries” — enemies both internal and external — united to try and seize power, according to Tokayev.

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The president said the “terrorists” fired on civilians in order to cast blame on the government (echoing comments made at a Mazhilis session updating the government on the investigation into the January events, in which Prosecutor General Berik Asylov claimed civilians were used as “human shields”).

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While blaming “traitors” among military and security leaders, Tokayev urged people not to let that “tarnish” the reputation of law enforcement.

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Tokayev’s speech, while stressing foreign involvement, provided no new evidence to support that claim.

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Importantly, in his speech Tokayev did acknowledge allegations of torture and in the previous Mazhilis briefing authorities said they were investigating more than 200 such reports.

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Throughout the speech, Tokayev hammered on the importance of unity for Kazakhstan. With the unfolding war in Ukraine, this theme strikes a critical chord.

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The next section of the speech made the case for further political reforms, identifying “domestic stagnation” as a cause of the January events.

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Among the reforms, Tokayev highlighted efforts to shift Kazakhstan away from a “super-presidential” system.

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To do so, he proposed among other things, banning close relatives of the president from positions as “political civil servants” or “executive positions in the quasi-public sector.

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Tokayev also spoke of abolishing some of the “excessive” presidential powers, such as the ability of the executive to dismiss akims.

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On a related note, hopes for direct election of regional and major city akims continue to be deferred, with Tokayev’s new proposal entailing indirect election of regional akims.

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Tokayev’s new proposal would see regional akims selected by the president from at least two candidates proposed by local legislatures, maslikhats.

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Tokayev also proposed that presidents resign from party membership while in office.

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In his speech, Tokayev complained about “provocative activists” who considered it “possible and even necessary” to violate the reformed protest law.

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He said there would be no more “concessions” on this point.

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Tokayev pledged to build a “New Kazakhstan” and in closing out his speech stressed that amid the “geopolitical storm” Kazakhstan’s strategic course, aimed at protecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, was the most important task.

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According to Tokayev, “chaotic political reforms” would only lead to a weakening of the state.

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