Elbasy Nazarbayev decides to hand over Nur Otan Party Chairman’s powers to President Tokayev

NUR-SULTAN, November 23 (KAZINFORM) – First President of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev made a decision to hand over the powers of the Chairman of Nur Otan Party to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazinform has learnt from the Twitter account of Elbasy’s Press Secretary Aidos Ukibai. «At the extended meeting of the Political Council Nursultan Nazarbayev made a decision to transfer the powers of the Chairman of Nur Otan Party stressing that the Party should be headed by the President of the country. The transfer procedure is to be carried out according to the Party’s Charter,» reads the Twitter post. In his commentary on Elbasy’s decision to hand over the powers of the Chairman of Nur Otan Party to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Ukibai pointed out that such a decision is only a logical continuation of power transfer. He stated, referring to the words of Nursultan Nazarbayev, that Nur Otan Party should be the main pillar of support for the Kazakh President, especially today, in the conditions of global crisis caused by the pandemic. According to the Nur Otan Party Charter, electing or dismissing the chair is the exclusive responsibility of the Party’s Congress. Until then, Nazarbayev remains the Party Chairman.