A snap presidential election will be held in Kazakhstan this autumn, whereas early parliamentary voting will take place in the first half of 2023, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday.
“I suggest that an early presidential election be held this autumn,” he said in an address to the nation. The Kazakh leader also suggested that early elections to the Mazhilis (the lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament) and Maslikhats (local representative bodies) be organized in the first half of next year.
Moreover, Tokayev considers it necessary to reduce the mandate of presidential terms to one, and to increase its length from five to seven years. There will be a political reset of all state bodies in the country in the middle of 2023, he noted. “For me the interests of the state come first, which is why I am ready for an early presidential election, even despite a reduction in the term of office,” the president explained.
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