In his written interview to the France Press Agency, Nazarbayev stated that he came out in favor of forming a multi-party system, electivity of the local government structures and the independent mass media as the fundamentals of democratic principles. He warned, however, that this kind of reforms in the former Soviet Central Asian republic had to be introduced step by step. Kazakhstan s presidential campaign found grossly unfair Coercion, threats and the repression of opposition activists have characterized the presidential election campaign in Kazakhstan, Human Rights Watch charged today. At the end of the day, though, the Americans woke up to having been hoodwinked all along. The decision, though in accord with the amends to Law on elections, contradicts the international commitments of Kazakhstan as OSCE member state, - said spokesman for the US State Department James Rubin.
Image is Nothing.
451 po Farengeitu , November 1998. Kazakhstan's Empty Election Mr. Nazarbayev is a thinly disguised dictator who stages elections he has no chance of losing. Few Western leaders complain because he is seen as the guarantor of stability in an oil-rich nation. As the fall has set in, we are in for elections, while canards have taken wing. Power Begins the Offensive on the Country's Presidential Hopefuls Chronicle of Recent Events.