KAZAKH PREMIER CLAIMS PLOTS UNCOVERED TO KILL PRESIDENT...
Published:
26 November 2001 y., Monday
In an official statement released on 20 November, Q. Toqaev claimed that at least two plots by unknown groups to assassinate President Nursultan Nazarbaev have been thwarted in the past two months. He also called on Nazarbaev to dismiss those officials, including Deputy Prime Minister U. Djandosov, Labor and Social Protection Minister A.Baimenov, Deputy Defense Minister Z. Ertlesova, and Pavlodar Governor Gh.Zhaqiyanov, who on 18 November announced the creation of a new opposition party named Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan.
Toqaev branded them "unprofessional" and "intriguers," and accused them of trying to blackmail the leadership in a bid to force the dismissal of persons whom they dislike. He threatened to resign if Nazarbaev does not act on his request. Observers suggest that Toqaev, described by one of his predecessors as a pleasant individual but not an influential politician in his own right, may have issued that ultimatum at Nazarbaev's bidding to provide the president with a pretext to move against the founders of Democratic Choice.
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