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Thursday, 01 July 2004
KAZAKH PRESIDENT\'S DAUGHTER GIVES UP MEDIA POST UNTIL AFTER
By empty (7/1/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The pro-presidential Asar party announced in a 1 July press release that party leader Darigha Nazarbaeva, the daughter of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, will give up her post as CEO of Khabar news agency from 1 July to 30 September. Asar will field candidates in 19 September parliamentary elections, and Nazarbaeva is temporarily relinquishing her post \"to avoid possible speculation by [Nazarbaeva\'s] political opponents over the situation.\" Nazarbaeva said that while legal advisers told her that it would be legal to retain her position at Khabar, she decided against it nonetheless.
The pro-presidential Asar party announced in a 1 July press release that party leader Darigha Nazarbaeva, the daughter of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, will give up her post as CEO of Khabar news agency from 1 July to 30 September. Asar will field candidates in 19 September parliamentary elections, and Nazarbaeva is temporarily relinquishing her post \"to avoid possible speculation by [Nazarbaeva\'s] political opponents over the situation.\" Nazarbaeva said that while legal advisers told her that it would be legal to retain her position at Khabar, she decided against it nonetheless. She also predicted that the upcoming elections will be hotly contested and are likely to involve dirty tricks. Nazarbaeva stated that Asar will not employ such methods. (Kazakhstan Today)