Constitutional Engineering to Extend Incumbents
Leaders across the post-Soviet space and beyond use constitutional rewrites framed as reform to reset term limits and prolong their rule, a recurring pattern that concentrates power and shapes the stability of resource-rich economies.
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Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled that a presidency taken up under the new charter counts as a first term, letting Tokayev run again (world desk). A court reinterpreting term limits to reset the clock is the constitutional-engineering pattern the thesis tracks in a resource-rich state.
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Supporting · July 7, 2026
Kazakhstan's Court Clears the Way for Tokayev to Seek Another Term
Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled that a presidency taken up under the new charter counts as a first term, letting Tokayev run again (world desk). A court reinterpreting term limits to reset the clock is the constitutional-engineering pattern the thesis tracks in a resource-rich state.
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