In Kazakhstan, there was a colossal concentration of business in some hands, which creates disbelief and depression in Kazakhstan’s society. This was stated by the President of the Republic of Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev at a meeting with the business elite of the country, reports “Vlast”.
“There are people who confuse Hegel with Babel, do not have a special education, but they have a huge amount of business in some hands. And at the same time, people who have graduated from special courses cannot get through to the sources of business, credit resources. And so on, “Tokayev told about the distribution of property in Kazakhstan.
The President of the Republic is confident that such a situation is dangerous for the whole state, as it leads to the flourishing of injustice in society. The state of affairs in the Kazakhstan business, he appreciated as an oligopoly. “I hope everyone here knows the classic definition of the oligopoly – the colossal concentration of business in some hands and the simultaneous absence of the opportunity to deal with others who are capable of entrepreneurship of people. In our case, it manifested with a special force,” he stressed.
After the mass riots in Kazakhstan in early January 2021, Tokayev’s president announced a course to reform the country. He displaced relatives of the former leader of the Republic of Nursultan Nazarbayev with important posts, and also dismissed a number of managers of the power bloc. “The interest of the state for me is the good relationship with anyone,” the Tokaev priority designated.
The main cause of January events, according to the president, has become a high level of bundle in society. He described the situation in Kazakhstan before the protests as a “powder barrel”.