Kazakhstan prepares for early elections

FE Team | Published: November 11, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

ASTANA, Nov 10 (AFP): Kazakhstan was on course today to hold snap parliamentary polls in January following a controversial presidential vote this year that cemented veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. Some 53 ruling party members in the 107-seat Mazhilis lower house have signed a non-binding petition to dissolve the chamber and hold new elections within two months.