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Referendum to modify constitution opens in Kazakhstan / 32BW9JT
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Polls open in Kazakhstan for a referendum to overhaul the constitution after deadly unrest in January ended founding leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's three-decade grip on power in Central Asia's richest country.
The drive for a "New Kazakhstan" in the wake of the violence has come from the man that Nazarbayev hand-picked to replace him as president in 2019, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Tokayev, 69, describes the snap referendum as a shift from "super-presidential" rule that will strengthen parliament. IMAGES