According to preliminary data, according to preliminary data, 77.18% of Kazakhs supported the amendments to the Constitution of Kazakhstan, designed to seal the transition from a super-presidential form of government to a presidential republic with a strong parliament, at a referendum in the country on June 5, according to the head of the Central Election Commission of the republic, Nurlan Abdyrov..

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Republican referendum on amendments to the Constitution was held in Kazakhstan on Sunday. Citizens were asked to answer one question: "

The purpose of the amendments is to consolidate the final transition from a super-presidential form of government to a presidential republic with a strong parliament. The updated Constitution plans to approve the equidistant status of the president of all political parties and movements, to introduce a ban on the closest relatives of the head of state to hold leadership positions in the quasi-public sector.

Also, the amendments excluded provisions on the right of the first president of Kazakhstan to be elected to the post of head of state more than two times in a row, removed the clause that the status and powers of the first president are determined by the Constitution and constitutional law.

Also excluded is the mention of Nazarbayev as the founder of independent Kazakhstan, the first president of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy (leader of the nation) and the invariance of his status.

An important block of amendments concerns the human rights sphere: the country approves the creation of the Constitutional Court, the consolidation of the status of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the constitutional level, as well as the complete prohibition of the death penalty.

It is also proposed to enshrine in the Constitution that the land, subsoil, flora and fauna belong to the people, and on behalf of the people the right of ownership is exercised by the state.

According to preliminary data from the CEC, the turnout in the referendum was 68.06% out of about 11.7 million.. adult citizens of Kazakhstan.

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Tokayev paid dearly for the resumption of control over the country.

Of course, he consolidated his personal power by crushing protests and removing from office a number of politicians who were close to the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.. However, by calling on the help of CSTO peacekeepers and demonstrating his dependence on foreign support, Tokayev increased Russia's influence in Kazakhstan.. Read about the consequences of the January protests in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko "

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