10 Apr 2019 13:36

Nur Otan ruling party to nominate its presidential candidate at congress - Nazarbayev

NUR-SULTAN. April 10 (Interfax) - The Nur Otan ruling party will nominate its candidate in the early presidential election at a congress, party chairman, former Kazakh president, and leader of the nation Nursultan Nazarbayev said.

"We need to hold a party congress to nominate our candidate in the upcoming presidential election. Party staff should prepare rapidly for the congress. The campaign of our party's candidate should be organized after he is nominated. This will be done by my first deputy Maulen Ashimbayev," the website Akordy quoted Nazarbayev as saying.