ASTANA —
Kazakhstan’s president on Saturday signed a law
limiting presidential terms and reverting to the old name of the Central Asian
country’s capital, in the latest step of breaking with the legacy of his
predecessor.
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President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a bill
limiting presidential mandates to a single seven-year term, a day after
parliament approved the measure.
The bill also reinstated the capital’s name to
Astana. The name was changed to Nur-Sultan in March 2019, in honor of outgoing
president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The change is effective immediately, according to a
decree on the presidential website.
Tokayev took over from Nazarbayev in 2019 and has
gradually distanced himself from the man who had ruled the energy-rich nation
with an iron fist for three decades.
Tokayev has launched reforms and called for
“completely new standards for a political system with fair and open rules of
the game”.
In January, riots erupted in the country, eventually
leaving more than 200 people dead.
Tokayev has called for snap presidential elections
this autumn — though there is no confirmed date yet.
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