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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Timur SHAIMERGENOV
Timur Shaimergenov, Member of the Secretariat of the Kazakhstan Parliament Majilis (Astana, Kazakhstan)
The main event of the year was the presidential election, which had an effect on most of the other processes going on in the country in one way or another. The year was essentially a turning point in the republic’s transition to a qualitatively new stage in its socioeconomic and political development. In this respect, several characteristic features can be singled out. First, there was a further upswing in the economy and social stability, which formed a springboard from which other processes could take off. Second, thanks to some real democratic changes that have taken place in the country, the election of the head of state retained the status quo in the republic’s leadership. Third, Kazakhstan gained a stronger international foothold, which also enhanced its image as a pioneer of economic reform and democratization among the Central Asian countries.
It should also be mentioned that the world community focused special attention on the republic throughout the year. And this stands to reason. After the wave of so-called color revolutions in several post-Soviet countries, the world community was keenly interested in the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in Kazakhstan too. Kazakhstan was the first country to offset the destructive wave of these revolutions in a flexible and innovative way, that is, by means of the evolutionary path of its development, which came as a surprise both to the revolutionaries and to many of their political adversaries. Practice showed that the economic reforms carried out in the country were quite efficacious.
On the whole though, the logic of all the processes going on in the republic was based on the strategy “first the economy, then politics.” For example,………….
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