The Steppe - News and Politics

Last summer (between the 5th and the 9th of August) the election of local mayors or akims under a new system has successfully taken place across villages, towns as well as in rural districts all over Kazakhstan. A total of 2,454 new akims have been elected...

The Public Chamber under the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a consultative body, established in order to incentive and coordinate contributions from civil society to the law-making process.
The project was initiated by President Nazarbayev, who launched the idea at the second Civil Society Forum, in September 2005. A first Chamber of 25 members started working in March 2006, but it was replaced by a reorganized body in November 2007. Meant...

The Central Electoral Commission of Kazakhstan has released the preliminary results of the legislative elections, held yesterday, January 15th. According to this communication, Nur Otan has got the 80.74% of votes, while two other parties have reached...

The elections for the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s parliament, will take place tomorrow, January 15th 2012.
It is a case of early elections, as the Mazhilis natural term would have ended only in the summer [1]. According to local experts, the country leadership is trying by this mean to deal with an increasing popular dissatisfaction. The lack of leadership...