In Kazakhstan, president lays out constitutional reform plan

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed constitutional reforms to limit the powers of his office, saying [...] the country needed to switch from "superpresidential" rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament. [...] Addressing the Central Asian nation's parliament, Tokayev proposed rolling back some of the legal changes that at the time helped [former president Nursultan Nazarbayev] cement his grip on power. He called, in particular, for changing the parliamentary election system and re-establishing the constitutional court. Tokayev also said he wanted to recreate three provinces that were merged with other regions in the 1990s, distance the ruling party from government and reduce the number of parliament deputies directly or indirectly appointed by the president.
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