By empty (4/8/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kazakh parliament passed constitutional amendments in the second reading on Friday to toughen the country\'s electoral legislation. The bill will now be submitted to the president for signing. The amendments ban candidates or political parties running in the elections from organizing any rallies, marches or demonstration during the period between the end of the canvassing campaign and the official publication of the election results.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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