Ex-President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev voluntarily handed over the post of the Security Council's Chairman to the current head of state, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. This was announced by the press secretary of Nazarbayev Aidos Ukibay.
According to him, a large number of false rumors and provocative records about the first president are spreading in the media and social networks. "In the current conditions, we regard this kind of activity as an attempt to destabilize the political situation and undermine the constitutional foundations of the state", RIA Novosti quoted Ukibai
Nazarbayev’s spokesman explained that due to the difficult situation, Nazarbayev himself decided to hand over the post of Chairman of the Security Council to the president. "He realized that riots and terror demanded a prompt, tough and uncompromising response from the country's leadership," the politician's spokesman added, noting that Nazarbayev and Tokayev "were always" on the same side of the barricades.
