Kazakh president accepts government's resignation

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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of his government on Thursday, the text of a decree confirmed.

Nazarbayev said earlier on Thursday the government should resign after what he said was a failure to raise real incomes, boost jobs and improve living standards.

"In many areas of the economy, despite the adoption of many laws and government decisions, positive changes have not been achieved," Nazarbayev said in a statement on the presidential website.

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives for an Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) at the European Council in Brussels, October 19, 2018. /VCG Photo

While some ministers and deputy ministers are likely to be reinstated, the decision marks the end of Bakytzhan Sagintayev's premiership, which began in 2016.

An order on the presidential website said Sagintayev would be replaced temporarily by former deputy prime minister Askar Mamin, 53, ahead of the formation of a new cabinet.

"GDP growth is mainly achieved due to raw materials," Nazarbayev said in the statement.

"But the government together with the National Bank did not manage to fully create real incentives and tools for high-quality economic growth."

Nazarbayev also criticized the government for failing to fulfill programs aimed at boosting living standards.

"The real incomes of the population have not increased. The share of food expenses in the family budget is growing," he noted.

Source(s): AFP