YEREVAN, JUNE 4, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian met with speaker of the lower house of the Parliament (Mazhilis) of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nygmatulin on the sidelines of his working visit in Nur-Sultan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Today s Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 1st of June, Kazinform reports.
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – A presentation of the three-volume collection of unique documents ‘Asharshylyq. Famine. 1928-1934’ was held at the Senate, the upper chamber of the Kazakh Parliament, Kazinform correspondent reports.
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Majilis Speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin and his counterpart President of the Chamber of Representatives of the Belgian Parliament Eliane Tilieux discussed the issues of modernization of the political system initiated by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazinform has learnt from the press service of the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament.
Kazakhstan: New law on elections aims to engage Kazakh citizens in political institution, say experts ANI | Updated: May 26, 2021 17:20 IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], May 26 (ANI): A new law on elections signed by Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev will serve as a new step to developing a civil political culture in Kazakhstan, said the experts.
On May 25, Tokayev signed into law the amendments to the elections rule that will enable reducing the threshold for parties to win parliament seats from 7 per cent to 5 per cent.
The threshold for political parties to gain seats in Majilis (lower house of parliament) was reduced from 7 per cent to 5 per cent of the number of voters who took part in the vote.