Kazakhstan extends ban on Communist Party

At the time of the original suspension, the Communist Party said they believed
the ban was politically motivated. They were not able to contest a
parliamentary election held in January, which Mr Nazarbayev’s Nur Otan party
won with 81 per cent of the vote.

Former Soviet Kazakhstan
has grown rich over the past decade from its energy and mineral resources.

It has built a new capital city and western luxury cars compete for space with
battered Soviet brands on the streets of the biggest city Almaty, but
western observers have criticised the country for not making enough
political reforms.

European vote monitors at the parliamentary election in January had said it
had been unfair.

One of the points they highlighted was the ban on some political parties or
activists, including the Communist Party, which they said had undermined the
competitiveness of the election.

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