Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has pledged to make good on plans to push through democratic reforms in Kazakhstan, after a clear majority of voters approved constitutional amendments he had laid out in a referendum.
The Central Election Commission said on Monday that 77.18 percent of votes were in favour of the amendments, which decentralise decision-making in the oil-rich country and strip former President Nursultan Nazarbayev of his “national leader” status. Turnout was 68.06 percent.
