From: Vladic Ravich (vravich@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 14:36:14 EST
KAZAKH PRESIDENT MEETS WITH PARTY LEADERS
President Nursultan Nazarbaev met the leaders of the pro-presidential
Otan party on 12 November at the party's Almaty headquarters, Kazinform
reported. The president's press service noted that the meeting was the
first after "the party's convincing win in [the 19 September] elections
to the Mazhilis [lower chamber of parliament]," "Kazakhstan Today"
reported. The meeting focused on the party's grassroots activities
throughout the country, its coming role in the implementation of the
president's political program, and the party's participation in the
National Commission on Democratization and Civil Society. Otan members
hold 43 seats in the 77-member Mazhilis, augmented by a number of
independent deputies who have joined the party fraction. DK
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