Nazarbayev called on people to unite

The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in an article published yesterday, “When we are united, we are invincible,” called on citizens to show patience and wisdom. He is convinced that the reforms carried out in the republic will save the country from unforeseen shocks. Nazarbayev believes that Kazakhstan has all the resources to cope with any problem. In the country, he said, is the third technological modernization.

“In past years, I have said more than once:“ We can’t rely on oil and gas deposits, we must move away from this dependence. ”Therefore, becoming an independent state, we started diversifying our economy. To this end, we developed the Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy, and within the framework of the “Forced Industrial-Innovative Development” program, over a thousand new enterprises were opened. Thanks to this, we began to produce products competitive on the world market, and new technologies came to us. This marked the beginning of the third technological modernization ation in our country ", - he stressed Elbasy (national leader). He noted, "the pandemic that alarmed the world has given rise to a new global economic crisis." "The largest enterprises have stopped their work, transport communications have fallen. Oil prices have fallen. They have closed the border and locked the interchange. All this leads to a previously unseen, enormous recession increase in unemployment," the article says. Elbasy is convinced that Kazakhstan will overcome this misfortune: "For this we have everything: finances, material resources, equipment, food supplies." There is no reason to panic. Not a single citizen will be left without support.

Earlier, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev approved anti-crisis measures: targeted support for socially vulnerable groups of the population, tax holidays for businesses, support for farmers in preparing for spring field work. "Measures of social support for the population are already being implemented - today, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, nearly 200 thousand people have been assigned payments in the amount of 42,500 tenge in connection with the loss of income during the state of emergency. Applications from 1 million 285 thousand were received. man, "said Zhanar Tulindinova, a leading expert at the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan, told Vestnik Kavkaza.

Kazakh political scientist Talgat Kaliyev noted that the coronavirus epidemic made it possible to clearly see the contours of the distribution of zones of responsibility between the first and second presidents of Kazakhstan: "President Tokayev confidently and in full authority announced the introduction of an emergency (emergency) regime, signed a decree on presidential powers in emergency situations, and Nursultan Nazarbayev took the initiative to create a special fund to combat coronavirus and called on those who want, primarily large business, to make a feasible contribution. ss of the response to the epidemic Tokayev issued an appeal in which he instructed to adopt a package of measures to support the population and business, Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the people in an article calling for patience and wisdom, "Kaliyev said.

According to the political scientist, “the behavior of the former and current presidents allows us to ascertain the achievement of the stability of the power structure, in which each occupies his own constitutional niche without intersecting and not contradicting each other either in the semantic or in the political space. Moreover, it becomes clear that Elbasy consciously distanced himself from the current processes, allowing everyone to be convinced of the complete independence of the decisions made by Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev, allowing only to speak out in their support.

Experts see Nazarbayev’s article as a reference to the post-epidemic period, designed to instill positivism and confidence. In particular, in the second part of the article, as Zhanar Tulindinova noted, the first president addressed the moral and ethical aspects of society and the arrangement of personal priorities for each citizen. "Elbasy emphasizes that panic, alarmism, infodemia, toxic expressions and behavior on social networks can only aggravate the situation. Nazarbayev’s article outlines clear guidelines for society and the citizen - social responsibility and solidarity, caring for neighbors and those most in need of help, participation in volunteering and charity. Elbasy points out that setting positive goals and objectives will help to overcome the crisis with the least losses, "the expert emphasized.

Nazarbayev noted that Kazakhstan was the first to start the fight against the pandemic, and even became a role model for other countries. In the fight against the spread of coronavirus, he urged to look up to neighboring China: "An example of neighboring China is indicative - thanks to organization and iron discipline, they managed to curb the infection there."

Nevertheless, criticism of the authorities nevertheless sounded - due to the fact that they were late with the introduction of quarantine. This was indicated by events in neighboring China and Iran, where the virus spread at the speed of the wind, while the leadership of Kazakhstan waited two months. And only after the statement of the republic’s chief sanitary doctor that "finally, according to forecasts, the coronavirus should appear in Kazakhstan", quarantine was introduced in the country.

According to the director of the Risk Assessment Group, Dosym Satpayev, the article by Nursultan Nazarbayev has a political and technological component: “It was important for the first president to show that he was keeping the situation under control, that he was the initiator of strategic decisions regarding supporting the economy, small and medium-sized businesses, and socially vulnerable groups population and other measures taken in the fight against coronavirus, while the crisis situation helps President Tokaev to establish himself as an independent player. as a managed person who leads the country with an eye on the Library (Elbasy’s residence), if Tokaev convinces society that his main task is to save the country and its citizens, he can become a “president of hopes."