Kazakh parliament approves early election amendment
ASTANA – The Kazakh parliament on Wednesday approved amendment to the Constitution which enables the head of state to announce early elections, ITAR-TASS reported.
Under the previous version of the Constitution, the prerogative to announce early election belonged to majlis (the lower chamber of the parliament).
Deputy head of the presidential administration Talgat Danakov said the "proposed amendment to the Constitution will secure constitutionality of early presidential polls.
Kazakhstan was to have the next presidential election in 2012. But late last year, a group of citizens proposed to hold a referendum on extending the powers of the incumbent head of state until 2020. More than five million signatures were collected in support of the plebiscite.
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