Recently, there has been a sudden upheaval in Kazakhstan, when Tokayev accepted the resignation of the collective resignation led by Prime Minister Smailov. The change sparked speculation, as Tokayev did not disclose the exact reason.
It is worth noting that in his State of the Union address in September last year, Tokayev emphasized such important issues as reforming the economic model, eliminating market monopolies, and reforming tax and budget policies. However, Tokayev was unhappy that he failed to make satisfactory progress in the next five months. As a result, it is widely speculated that Tokayev may have intended to better promote economic reform and attract more talented people through reshuffling**.
It is worth mentioning that collective resignations are not uncommon in Kazakhstan. This is already the third time since Tokayev took office**. The last time was two years ago, when serious civil unrest broke out in Kazakhstan and Tokayev declared a national emergency and accepted the resignation of then-Prime Minister Ma Min. The second was last year, when the ** collective resignation led by Prime Minister Smaylov.
The reasons for Tokayev's resignation were not publicly disclosed, and after each resignation of the prime minister, he quickly accepted the resignation, as if a consensus had been reached beforehand. This happens because Kazakhstan is a state with the right to appoint and remove the prime minister. According to the constitution, the prime minister must resign after resigning, which is more legal and compliant than direct recall.
When everyone thought it was just a regular personnel change, Tokayev quickly appointed a new prime minister. The move raised some unusual signals.
After announcing his resignation, Tokayev immediately submitted the new prime minister to the lower house and completed the deliberation process with lightning speed. Immediately afterwards, Tokayev personally signed the ** order, officially appointing Buekdenov as the new ** prime minister. Surprisingly, it took less than a day from the collective resignation of the previous ** to the inauguration of the new prime minister. The Buekdenov, who was hand-picked by Tokayev, is an out-and-out heavyweight.
Born in 1980, Buekdenov is only in his forties, but he has an unusually rich resume. He graduated from the National Law Academy of Kazakhstan, pursued a career in the judiciary and started his career in the ** province of Kazakhstan at the age of 26. He had a successful career, rising from the Legal Aid Committee of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan to the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Kazakhstan. It was not until April last year that Buekdenov was transferred to the post of chief of staff of Kazakhstan.
As can be seen from his resume, Buekdenov has a long history of judicial and anti-corruption work, as well as a wealth of experience at the local level. Although he served as chief of staff for less than a year, Tokayev did not hesitate to promote him to prime minister, which shows Tokayev's high trust and importance in Buickhatenov. It can be said that Buekdenov is Tokayev's right-hand man and confidant.
It is worth mentioning that during his tenure as head of the Anti-Corruption Directorate of Bekdenov, he successfully handled two major cases, one of which involved corruption involving members of the Nazarbayev family.
During Nazarbayev's tenure in Kazakhstan, he passed legislation granting privileges to himself and his family members, including judicial immunity. Although the elder Nazarbayev has stepped down, he has not disappeared from the **, and he and his family still have great influence on Kazakhstan**. In the 30 years that Lao Na has been in power, his family has long controlled the state monopoly industry, and many people have even openly used public power to intervene in the economy and industry, resulting in serious corruption.
Therefore, after coming to power, Tokayev took a series of decisive measures to reshape the political landscape of Kazakhstan.
First of all, he repealed the Law on the First Term, deleted the privilege clause associated with the old Nazarbayev, and weakened the special status of the old Nazarbayev family within the legal framework. At the same time, he showed no mercy to the power of the Lao Na family, and exposed their corruption through investigation. There is evidence that Nazarbayev's nephew Abish may have been one of the drivers behind the nationwide riots. Even so, the elder Nazarbayev himself did not shy away from it, and last year he traveled to Moscow to meet with Putin in an attempt to pressure Tokayev.
Although Tokayev has been dissolved twice since taking office, the elder Nazarbayev has ruled Kazakhstan for 30 years, and the intricate interests of Nazarbayev are not easily separated. This also brought a lot of obstacles to Tokayev's administration. Now, Tokayev's rush to make Buekdenov prime minister is apparently determined to thoroughly expose the corruption of the Lao Na family and crack down on it through legal means, otherwise the country will never be able to function normally.