#119: Vote!

Nobody cares about the referendum, because elections are coming. No doubt about that. Today the President openly endorsed Ak-Jol (Bright Path) People's Party and was elected the party chairman. Nobody from the party questioned the constitutionality of it. Country's presidents cannot be member of any political party.

He told everyone that Ak-Jol is not a party of nachal'niks (roughly translated as 'bosses'), but a party of workers. However, if you look at the list of its core members, you will hardly find any workers, but if you do, they want to become bosses the most. University president, businesspeople, sportsmen, leaders of smaller political parties, singers, and other "workers" joined the party either under pressure or to show their loyalty. Clearly, Putin's United Russia and Nazarbaev's Nur-Otan are prototypes of Ak-Jol.

Luckily, the opposition is showing some activity as well. Rumors have that major opposition parties might as well form a coalition, if not a single party.