There have been multiple arrests and Internet cuts in the capital of the Central Asian country
Despite having renewed the position of the president of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokayev, the start of the legislature starts off on the wrong foot. In the capital of the country, Astana, they convened demonstrations not authorized by the Kazakh authorities. The negative thirty degrees In the Kazakh streets, typical of this time of year, hundreds of people did not turn back, they showed up in the center of the city.
The critical moment in the streets of the heart of the Central Asian country was just after the inauguration ceremony. Dozens of detainees have been confirmed. For most of the afternoon internet was off throughout the Kazakh capital, and hours later it has worked intermittently.
Some local media point out that the protesters are supporters of businessman Marat Abiyev, creator of the Architects of the Future project. In the spring, his followers already tried to reach Astana from different parts of the country, but the security forces blocked their buses. However, the Kazakh police has not confirmed Let Protestants be supporters of this Kazakh millionaire.
В Астане задержаны последователи бизнесмена Марата Абиева, которые пытались шествием дойти до центра городаhttps://t.co/IMJH4OTedg
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Tokayev at the helm of Kazakhstan
The Kazakh president was sworn in for the second time, beginning his second legislaturewhich will last until 2029. Already this year, it was met with a great challenge on the streets when serious riots rocked the country earlier in the year, especially in Almaty, the most populous city and the former capital. On that occasion he came to ask the security forces to shoot to kill and on television he warned that the protesters would be “destroyed & rdquor ;. These protests forced Astana to call the military alliance of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, de facto led by Russia, but with the presence of Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which played an important role in the pacification of the country.
Tokaev prevailed in some elections with little opposition last Sunday, November 20. Throughout this 2022 he has tried to get as far away as he could from his predecessor, who was his dauphin, and has criticized his 29-year tenure at the helm of the country. Despite being considered an authoritarian country by indicators such as the The Economist Democracy Index, the Central Asian president talks about modernizing and democratizing the country. “We have a lot of work to do to transform society and turn Kazakhstan into a developed country with truly democratic institutions,” said the Kazakh leader at his inauguration this Saturday.