New Kazakhstan vs. Divided Kazakhstan: Policies Critical for Kasym-Jomart Tokayev

... pre-election program "Fair Kazakhstan is for everyone and for everyone. Now and Forever." One of his first orders was to hold elections "with the establishment of the parliament and maslikhats on the basis of the new electoral system, on party lists ... ... Kazakh-language schools lag far behind in the quality of teaching. This is confirmed by the results of international testing. In fact, the Russian language in modern Kazakhstan is the only way to get a quality education, a well-paid job and a higher social status. ...