ArmInfo. President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announced the refusal of the powers of the head of state."I made a decision to terminate my powers as president. This year it will be 30 years old, as I occupy the highest post. The people gave me the opportunity to be the first president of independent Kazakhstan," Nazarbayev said, addressing the people of Kazakhstan on the air of republican TV channels, Interfax reports.
The powers of the President of the Republic are transferred to the Speaker of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev."Under the law, in the event of the termination of the powers of the president, his duties are performed by the speaker of the senate. Then there will be elections of the president,"- said Nazarbayev.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, who will turn 79 this year, is the first and only president of Kazakhstan. Since 1991, when the republic gained sovereignty, several times won the presidential elections, the last time (in early elections) - in April 2015, gaining 97.75% of the vote. The current term of his presidential term expires in April 2020.In 2007, the parliament granted him, as the first president, the right to run for the highest state post an unlimited number of times.Nursultan Nazarbayev will head the country's security council.