Kazakhstan’s ruling party to concentrate on socioeconomics in upcoming general election campaign

26.11.2019
Kazakhstan’s ruling party to concentrate on socioeconomics in upcoming general election campaign

At the meeting with the representatives of Nur Otan Party’s regional branches, Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, ex-President of Kazakhstan and still chairman of the Party, instructed to develop pre-election programmes for each region, city and district.

“Next year, the implementation of the five-year territorial development programme will be completed. The importance of adoption of the new programmes coincides with the new electoral cycle. Therefore, the new porgrammes should underlie the Party’s pre-election programmes for each region. As for Nur Otan’s pre-election programme for the general elections, the Prime Minister as a member of the Political Council Bureau should personally manage this work and begin to develop this programme,” Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

He reminded that the Congress of Nur Otan Party would be held in February for discussing the future electoral tasks. Deputies of Nur Otan Party’s faction in Parliament, secretaries and heads of factions of local councils participated in the meeting.

The Nur Otan Party represents the diversity of Kazakhstani society, Nazarbayev added. “Nur Otan is the party of the entire nation of Kazakhstan. Nur Otan is the party of real deeds, the party that bears responsibility for the future of the country. We have a clear vision of development of Kazakhstan and certain strategy and certain work plan and resources,” said Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Chairman of the Party pointed out the importance of consolidation of the society around the President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and adoption of measures on fulfillment of the tasks set by the Head of State.

According to Nursultan Nazarbayev, as many as 1.5mn people should be covered by Enbek programme in the nearest 2 years. More than 750,000 jobs must be created. Around 1mn apartments have to be built in 2020-2025.

Reported by Kazinform.