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Kazakh politicians want to rename capital after president
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 24, 2016 05:02pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Farangis Najibullah |
| News Date | Thursday, November 24, 2016 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If Kazakh politicians get their wish, the capital city will be renamed to honour the country’s first and only president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The suggestion to rename Astana was buried in a declaration unanimously passed by both chambers of parliament on Wednesday.
On the surface, the declaration was to mark the forthcoming 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence. But reading past the tributes to Nazarbayev’s “outstanding service”, the declaration’s final paragraph calls for renaming the capital and other important facilities across the country after the leader of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
However, that decision rests with the 76-year-old president himself, the Constitutional Council head was quoted as saying.
Igor Rogov said Nazarbayev could either call a referendum or send the matter to parliament for debate. “I cannot say whether the president will make such a decision or not,” he said.
There was no immediate comment from the office of Nazarbayev, who has ruled Kazakhstan since 1989, first as Communist party leader then, after independence in 1991, as president. |
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