Kazakhstan takes successive steps to develop its democracy, US observer
09:10, 16 January 2012
KARAGANDA. January 16. KAZINFORM /Olga Petrenko/ "The snap elections to the Kazakh Majilis (lower chamber) and maslikhats (local representative bodies) held on Sunday demonstrated that the young country moves towards the development of its democracy," US observer, senior advisor of the International Tax and Investments Centre (IT IC) Douglas Alan Townsend said.
The foreign observer also noted good organization of the elections. According to him, the voting process ran without any violations.
"The current elections are of great importance for Kazakhstan for the country will no longer has a one-party Parliament," Douglas Alan Townsend stressed.
"The multi-party system in Kazakhstan is a key part of the democracy. We are confident that the parties' activity should be based on the principals that reflect diverse interests of the people of Kazakhstan. The decision to establish the multi-party Parliament is a significant step towards the democracy, the way that Kazakhstan has been moving for 20 years in a row," he added.