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Abavoti eKazakhstan bazoya okhethweni ngeSonto, bavote okhethweni oluphuthumayo, olokuqala selokhu. isiphithiphithi esibulalayo yabamba izwe lase-Asia Ephakathi elicebile ngonyaka odlule.
Ivoti liza ngemuva komkhankaso omfushane kodwa osebenzayo wezihlalo zendlu ephansi yephalamende ehlelwe kabusha, futhi lingena ngonyaka wesithathu wesula njengomongameli weNursultan Nazarbayev.
UNazarbayev wayehole iKazakhstan kusukela yathola inkululeko kulandela ukuhlukana kweSoviet Union ngo-1991 futhi yasungula ithonya elikhulu. Umlandeli wakhe, uKassym-Jomart Tokayev, kwakulindeleke kabanzi ukuthi aqhubeke nenkambo yombuso kaNazarbayev futhi aze aqambe kabusha inhloko-dolobha ngokuthi iNur-Sultan ukuze kuhlonishwe owamanduleli wakhe.
Kodwa isimo sezombangazwe sezwe sashintsha ngokuphawulekayo ngemva kwegagasi lodlame ngoJanuwari 2022 lapho imibhikisho yesifundazwe iqala ukukhuphuka kwentengo kaphethiloli igubuzela amanye amadolobha, ikakhulukazi inhloko-dolobha yezohwebo, i-Almaty, futhi yaba nepolitiki ngokweqile njengoba ababhikishi bememeza bethi “Makhehla!” kubhekiselwa kuNazarbayev.
Bangaphezu kuka-220 abantu, iningi labo okungababhikishi, abashonile ngesikhathi amaphoyisa eqeda uthuthuva.
Phakathi nodlame, uTokayev wasusa uNazarbayev esikhundleni sakhe esinamandla njengenhloko yomkhandlu wezokuphepha kuzwelonke. Wabuyisela igama langaphambili lenhloko-dolobha i-Astana, futhi iphalamende lawuchitha umthetho owawuvumela uNazarbayev nomndeni wakhe ukuba bangashushiswa.
I-Tokayev iphinde yaqala izinguquko zokuqinisa iphalamende, ukunciphisa amandla omongameli kanye nokukhawulela isikhundla sikamongameli sibe yihlandla elilodwa leminyaka eyisikhombisa. Ngaphansi kwalezi zinguquko, ingxenye yesithathu yezihlalo ezingama-98 zephalamende zizokhethwa emijahweni egunyazwe eyodwa esikhundleni sohlu lwamaqembu.
Iqembu likaTokayev i-Amanat liphethe izihlalo eziningi ephalamende lamanje kanti ezinye zingezamaqembu athembeke kakhulu ku-Amanat. Nakuba ucwaningo lwemibono lukhomba ukuthi i-Amanat izosala iyiqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke ephalamende elisha, ibhalansi engase ibe khona ayicaci.
Bangaphezu kuka-400 abantu abazongenela ukhetho, iningi labo abaziphakamisile, bangenele umjaho owodwa, kanti ikhomishana yokhetho kazwelonke igunyaze amaqembu amabili engeziwe ukuthi angenele lo mqhudelwano.
Lo mncintiswano owandisiwe ubonakala unike amandla abavoti.
Yize umkhankaso wokhetho uvunyelwe ukuthi uqale maphakathi noFebhuwari kuphela, “umkhankaso kuze kube manje ubonakala umatasatasa, ikakhulukazi ku-inthanethi nasezifundeni zokhetho ezinegunya elilodwa labantu abangenele ukhetho,” kusho uhlolo oluvela enhlanganweni yokubheka ukhetho yeNhlangano. Yezokuphepha Nokubambisana eYurophu.
Abazongenela ukhetho baphakamise inqwaba yezindaba ezihlanganisa nezinye izinguquko kwezombusazwe, izindlu kanye nokukhuphuka kwentengo yokudla, futhi izwe alibonisi indlela ecacile eya phambili. Kodwa abaningi bakhuthazwa yithuba lokhetho elandisiwe.
“Kunethemba lokuthi ukhetho oluzayo lwephalamende oluzobanjwa ngaphansi kohlelo olusha oluxubile lokhetho luzoletha ushintsho futhi luqhubekisele phambili intando yeningi kanye nenkululeko yezombangazwe eKazakhstan,” umhlaziyi u-Assel Nussopova ubhalele iphephandaba i-Astana Times.
