ALMATY -- Activists from Kazakhstan's opposition Azat party have sent a copy of the country's constitution wrapped in a chain to Zakratdin Baidosov, a history professor in the northwestern city of Aqtobe who proposed that President Nursultan Nazarbaev be named president-for-life, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
They also collected signs protesting the idea and sent a petition to Darkhan Kaletaev, the first deputy chairman of the president's ruling Nur-Otan party.
Kaletaev announced earlier this week that his party is initiating "a project on defining the status of the country's leader."
He said the legislation might include granting a lifetime presidential term for Nazarbaev.
On September 16, deputy Senate speaker Aleksandr Sudyin said the so-called "Law on the Nation's Leader" should be adopted.
In 2007, the Kazakh parliament adopted a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term to seven years and lifting the two-term limit.
The next presidential election in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 2012.
Kazakhstan will take over the leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in January.
They also collected signs protesting the idea and sent a petition to Darkhan Kaletaev, the first deputy chairman of the president's ruling Nur-Otan party.
Kaletaev announced earlier this week that his party is initiating "a project on defining the status of the country's leader."
He said the legislation might include granting a lifetime presidential term for Nazarbaev.
On September 16, deputy Senate speaker Aleksandr Sudyin said the so-called "Law on the Nation's Leader" should be adopted.
In 2007, the Kazakh parliament adopted a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term to seven years and lifting the two-term limit.
The next presidential election in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 2012.
Kazakhstan will take over the leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in January.