(Astana Times) Presidential candidates Zhambyl Akhmetbekov, Amirzhan Kossanov, Toleutai Rakhimbekov, Amangeldy Taspikhov, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Sadybek Tugel and Daniya Yespayeva are competing for Kazakhstan’s highest office in the June 9 presidential election, and the candidate elected into office will have to address the most salient economic, social, regional and institutional issues to secure the country’s continued development. […]
“Nazarbayev demanded on many occasions that the criminal justice system has to both earn trust from the people and serve the people. However, criminal justice reforms have achieved little progress on both fronts,” NU Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and International Relations Alexei Trochev told The Astana Times. […]
“What do people in Kazakhstan think about the responsibilities of the state? How can a state create conditions for ordinary urban residents and villagers to join forces with the police in making their communities safer, to work with judges in making criminal punishment fairer and to cooperate with local governments in integrating ex-convicts into society? How well can the existing law enforcement bureaucracy at the local, regional and central levels address these questions? In short, Nazarbayev’s successor should take steps, some painful and unpopular, to generate the demand for citizen-centred reforms in both the criminal justice system and civil society,” said Trochev. […]
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