Kazakhstan’s President Kasim Yomart Tokayev on Wednesday ratified the law stripping former President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his family of immunity and privileges for having been at the helm of the country.
Thus, the previous legislation, which dated back to 2000 and guaranteed these privileges, has been withdrawn, as indicated in a statement by the Presidency of the country.
The measure has been approved by the Kazakh Parliament, which has been in favor of this regulation after Tokayev relieved Nazarbayev in 2022 at the head of the National Security Council, the Assembly of Peoples and the Nur Otan party -later renamed Amanat-.
The deputies then asserted that «attempts to gather all power in just a few hands and to monopolize public institutions (…) can lead to a devaluation of politics and negatively affect the development of the state.» «It is extremely important to put an end to this type of immunity,» they said.
The former president, who led the country between 1990 and 2019, has thus been losing privileges and could face investigations or criminal proceedings for violations committed under his mandate.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
