KAZAKHSTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS FOR A NEW PARLIAMENT
By Robert M. Cutler (10/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: In 1994 Kazakhstan elected its First (post-Soviet) Parliament, on the basis of the country’s first post-Soviet constitution. It was dissolved very soon thereafter when, on the basis of accusation of electoral fraud by one anti-Nazarbaev candidate in a single electoral district, the Constitutional Court ruled the entire parliament to be illegal. President Nazarbaev then ruled by decree for over a year.PAKISTAN’S ECONOMIC REBOUND IS STRONGLY DEPENDENT ON INVESTMENT FLOWS
By Peter Laurens (10/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: At the time of General Pervez Musharraf’s coup in October 1999, Pakistan’s economy was reeling from the combined effects of a USD 39 billion foreign debt burden and the economic sanctions imposed as a reaction to the country’s nuclear tests in 1998. The country’s hard currency reserves were nearly nonexistent, barely enough to cover two weeks’ worth of imports. The government came close to default.NATO EXERCISES CANCELED IN AZERBAIJAN
By Emin Alisayidov (9/22/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Azerbaijani authorities found themselves between the pressure from NATO to allow military personnel of Armenia, which still occupies significant parts of Azerbaijan’s territory, and the rapidly growing outrage in the Azerbaijani public. In fact, when last month a judge issued sentences ranging up to five years imprisonment for activists of the “Karabakh Liberation Organization” for breaking into the a hall where a NATO pre-exercise seminar was held with the participation of two Armenian officers, the verdict was roundly condemned by virtually all political groups in Azerbaijan. This was followed by a daily campaign conducted by independent and opposition media, printing first page ads and interrupting broadcasts to call for a ban on visits by Armenian officers.PARLIAMENTARY REFORM AND ELECTIONS IN UZBEKISTAN
By Aftab Kazi (9/22/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: Uzbekistan’s December 26 elections aim to institutionalize a major political development in the national democratic evolution. For the first time, the people of Uzbekistan will exercise their right to elect a bicameral House of Representatives with upper and lower houses of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament). Constitutional changes regarding the distribution of political power between the executive and legislative bodies and between the offices of President and Prime Minister are coupled with a nationwide public awareness campaign to educate the nation about the newly introduced structural reforms, the rights and duties of citizens as well as the role mass media plays in modernizing societies.Visit also
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