We are facing giant task of modernizing the state and society - Nazarbayev
ASTANA. April 3. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ We have a giant task ahead of us. The task of modernizing the state and society, said President Nursultan Nazarbayev during a briefing at the National Academic Library in Astana, where the polling station № 182 is located.
"Today the whole world paid attention to Kazakhstan. These elections are historical, because this year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our independence," the President noted.
"We have suffered much, have done a lot, and overcame a lot of difficulties. But the task of modernizing the state and society is still big and huge, so today's vote of our citizens will determine our unity and our desire to realize all we planned, as I said in my state-of-the-nation address," the President emphasized.
He said that all presidential candidates had equal opportunities for election campaigning, equal access to the media, were able to travel around the regions and express their ideas to the citizens.
N. Nazarbayev stressed that the elections are held in a transparent atmosphere with more than a thousand foreign observers involved in monitoring.
Nursultan Nazarbayev cast his vote with his wife Sara Alpysovna at the polling station № 182.