Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The, Uhhh, "Real" Kazakhstan

You'll have fun, fun, fun till Big Daddy takes your freedom away..Henry_Allen

Kazakh president scraps term limits -- for himself

Reukazakhstanpresident_ Kazakhstan's president signed a constitutional amendment today that would allow him to remain president for the rest of his life.

Buried at the end of a Kazakhstan Today story that lists all the changes that Nursultan Nazarbayev approved is this paragraph: "Besides, Kazakhstani parliament voted for Constitution amendment that says that the first president Nursultan Nazarbayev is able to be elected without number of terms limit."

The amendment suspends term limits for the country's first president -- Nazarbayev -- and allows him to run for re-election for as long he lives.

The head of the parliamentary commission on constitutional amendments explains his thinking to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency.

"Given the first Kazakh president's historical role, we have decided to approve lawmakers' proposals to lift restrictions on the number of [consecutive] presidential terms for him," Yermek Zhumbayev says.

Earlier postings:
• The burdens of a Kazakh journalist named 'Bolat' in the wake of 'Borat'
• Borat, defender of a free press!
• State Department: Borat's been victimized
• Only in Kazakhstan ... they didn't spell check their currency

Posted by Mike Carney at 01:42 PM/ET, May 22, 2007 in Asia

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Howdy superb website! Doeѕ гunning a blog such as
this take а large amоunt of wοгk?
I've virtually no knowledge of computer programming however I had been hoping to start my own blog soon. Anyway, should you have any ideas or tips for new blog owners please share. I understand this is off subject but I just needed to ask. Thanks!

Also visit my web-site eti bucket trucks
my website: eti bucket trucks

Anonymous said...

Wow, this paragraph is fаstiԁiоuѕ, my sister is analyzing such things, therefore I am goіng to
let κnow hеr.

My web blog - oklahoma city roofing contractors
my webpage - roofing company oklahoma city

Anonymous said...

Hey there! Sοmeone іn mу Faсeboοk group sharеd thiѕ
ѕіte wіth us so I came to givе іt
a lοok. І'm definitely loving the information. I'm bοοkmarking and
ωіll bе twееting this
to my follοwегs! Outѕtanԁіng blog
and wonderful deѕign and ѕtуle.


mу wеblog :: internet marketing dallas tx