Why the peoples of Kazakhstan protesting in the streets and what are their demands?

Peoples protesting in Kazakhstan

Protests in Kazakhstan against rising oil prices have spread like wildfire across the country.

Kazakhstan (News Update) The rapidity in protests have turned into violent demonstrations has taken many locals and people in the region by surprise.

These demonstrations also indicate that this is not just a protest against energy sources or rising oil prices. We have tried to find out what the motives of these demonstrations are and why they are important.

What happened in Kazakhstan?

Police of Kazakhstan action against protest by peoples

The series of protests and demonstrations in the country began at a time when the oil-rich country has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas, forcing consumers to buy expensive fuel. Many people in Kazakhstan use liquefied petroleum gas to fuel their vehicles.

The start of these exhibits came from only one region from Sunday last week and afterward seeing them, these showings were increased, and this week Monday, most significant urban communities of the country in most significant urban communities of the country Midabhadd began to show up.

Kazakhstan's President Qasim Jomart Tokayev has fired the government, accusing it of allowing unrest and vowing to keep oil prices low in order to "ensure peace and stability in the country." Protesters stormed the Almaty mayor's office and set it on fire.

Why are these demonstrations so unusual?

Kazakhstan(country in Central Asia) suffering bad situation

Kazakhstan, rich in oil and gas, is one of the most important and influential countries in Central Asia, accounting for 60% of the region's GDP. It is often described as a dictatorial state. It is the 10th biggest country on the planet yet has a moderately little populace of 18.8 million.

Kazakhstan became independent in 1991 during the collapse of the Soviet Union. For many years there was the government of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who became the country's first prime minister during the Soviet era in 1984.

He was later elected unopposed as the President of the country and during his tenure his personality was imprinted and statues were erected all over the country and the new capital of the country was named after him.

Finally, in 2019, in the face of anti-government protests, Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down. He resigned from his post and tried to quell the protests. Kazakhstan's President Jumarat Tokayev is his chosen successor, taking over the presidency after a controversial election. International observers also had reservations about the election and criticized it.

Despite not being in power, Noor Sultan is still very influential in the country's politics and experts say that the main purpose of the recent protests is against him.

Almost three years after his resignation, little has changed in Kazakhstan, and a large number of people fear the lack of reform, low living standards and limited civil liberties.

"In a way, Nazarbayev has a social contract with the people of Kazakhstan," Kate Malinson of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, told BBC Russian.

"People were loyal to the government because they saw the economic situation was improving. But since 2015, things have started to get worse, and in the last two years, the epidemic has worsened, and inflation in Kazakhstan has skyrocketed.

Most of the country's elections have always been won by Kazakhstan's ruling party, and they receive almost 100 percent of the popular vote. There is no significant political opposition in the country.

Rising prices for liquefied natural gas, which is usually a cheap fuel and is mostly used in Kazakhstan’s public and private transport, proved to be the last nail in the coffin?