"On May 4, 2020, a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held, at which a resolution was adopted" On the termination of powers of the deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan D. Nazarbayeva, "the statement said.
The document states that the powers of Nazarbayeva were terminated in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 52 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan on the basis of a decree of the country's President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev.
On May 2, Tokaev signed a decree on the termination of Nazarbayev’s powers.
Deputies of the upper house of the parliament of Kazakhstan elected the eldest daughter of the country's first president Nursultan Nazarbayev Dariga as the speaker on March 20, 2019.