Deputies of the Kazakh Parliament have proposed renaming the capital city Astana after the incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The Kazakh MPs believe that the name of the country’s leader should be heard in the name of the nation’s capital city.
“We propose that the country’s constitution indicate First President, nation’s leader Nursultan Nazarbayev’s outstanding contribution to state-building,” the declaration on the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence reads.
The 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence will be celebrated on December 16.
