People's election - groundwork for democracy, says Kazakh PM

TANA. October 26. KAZINFORM "People's election is the groundwork for democracy. On January 10, 1999 there were held the first nationwide elections of the President of Kazakhstan. Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a new seven-year term gaining 79.8% of votes cast. The people expressed confidence in the Leader of the Nation," Kazakh PM Karim Massimov wrote on his Facebook page within "The 20 Facts about the Independence" project

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