and European politicians, who made the decision to grant Kazakhstan the OSCE presidency, were well aware of the above facts. They were therefore insincere when publicly arguing that the presidency of the OSCE will contribute to the process of democratization of Kazakhstan.
My colleagues and I feel betrayed by the US and Europe. We are convinced that the decision was bought by the despotic regime's petrodollars to perpetuate its survival and further crackdown on the remaining political opposition.
After a short-sighted endorsement given by Western leaders to dictator Nazarbayev, Europe must now show unwavering support for democratic forces in Kazakhstan, the last hope of the entire Central Asian region, or else risk the recreation of dictators that have cost the Western allies so much blood and treasure in the recent past.
Yerzhan Dosmukhamedov
THE BOOK "THE GODFATHER-IN-LAW" CONFIRMS THE GENETICALLY INHUMANE AND ANTIDEMOCRATIC NATURE OF THE NAZARBAYEV REGIME
Radio "Liberty" (USA)
28 May 2009
In an interview with the radio station "Liberty" the leader of the Atameken party speaks about his impressions of the recently released book "The Godfather-in-law" by Rakhat Aliyev.
Dr Dosmukhamedov, are you aware of any reaction by the West, particularly in political circles, to the book by Rakhat Aliyev? How was it received by the Western press?
The reaction was rather critical of the current ruling regime in Kazakhstan. I yesterday read an interview of Mr Aliyev by the Spiegel magazine, a report by the Financial Times and some other major Western newspapers.
Definitely, the book has already attracted a significant interest in the Western press, from analysts and in political circles. I think that the snowball of the West's attention has just started to roll.
Do you think that the Western politicians will change their attitude towards or their opinion of the Kazakh leader in the context of this book?
Undoubtedly, yes. Because the book is a documentary style publication. The publisher which released the book is located in the West. Because of this location within European jurisdiction, it emphasised - along with the book's author - that all its published facts are based on the documentary evidence.
The publication of a book by a former senior Kazakh statesman, who had access to the most classified secrets, caused certain reactions by the Kazakh Government. These actions violate the fundamental constitutional rights and freedoms of Kazakh citizens, foreigners and stateless individuals residing in Kazakhstan.
In particular, I mean freedom of access to information. The measures undertaken by the ruling Kazakh regime after the release of the book also violate certain international obligations of Kazakhstan in the field of human rights.
Because the publisher and author published this material, which, as they state, is based on substantiated documents, a whole range of questions arise that must be urgently addressed by international organisations and law enforcement agencies.
For example, these questions may include: a) the possibility of a crime, namely an order to murder which was given in the territory of the European Union b) the murder of a citizen in the territory of Spain and the protection of the main suspect by the then-Kazakh Foreign Minister who ordered the issue of a diplomatic passport to him c) falsification of elections which should automatically bring up the issue of the illegitimacy of the current ruling regime in Kazakhstan d) the acceptance of Turkish citizenship by the top state executive which may possibly be an evidence of high treason e) execution of the citizens of Kazakhstan without due process and the court's ruling is an obvious crime in any civilised jurisdiction.
The above list could be continued. For example, there is one more important issue. Any legal discrediting of the regime presupposes certain political consequences in a democratic society. I mean, in particular, commitment of a continuing state crime - cout d'etat with the purpose of usurpation of power.
It is obvious from the facts included in the book that such usurpation of power has already taken part in Kazakhstan. This is confirmed at least by the fact of the execution of Altynbek Sarsenbay, a leader of the Kazakh opposition, and his two young associates by top officials in the executive branch of power.
The book has also confirmed through documentation the genetically inhumane and anti-democratic essence of Nazarbayev's regime. It demonstrated it in both statics and dynamics. Through analysis of certain criminal episodes it shed a light on the archaic vector of the country's development, which is being undertaken by the ruling regime and towards which our society is heading.
I am confident that the release of the book "The Godfather-in-law" will undoubtedly influence international public opinion and further formation of foreign policy by the democratic community of nations towards Kazakhstan.
What would you say about the recent arrest of Mukhtar Dzhakishev (President of the National Atomic Company) and his deputies? Would his arrest affect the international image of Kazakhstan and more specifically the image of the Kazakh National Atomic Company? In whose interest is the arrest?
It is clear that there is a redistribution of power in the Kazakh political elite. The power in Kazakhstan is first of all about access to resources. Access to the formation of the rules of the economic game. Today we observe accordingly that one interest group of "spiders", which managed to get closer to the chief rule-maker, is busy beating other weakened "spiders". The arrest of Dzhakishev is exactly within this process.
I would also like to note that the recent appeal to the President issued after the arrest by 25 top Kazakh businessmen looks rather laughable. It resembles the pitiful outcry of the lambs in the meat factory. I would like to remind them that back in 2007 we all had an opportunity to stand up and insist on the establishment of the political party of the middle class.
However these lambs preferred to stay quiet by saying "business people should not get involved into politics" as one member of this choir shouted back then. By the way, the book "The "Godfather-in-law" mentions in the opening chapter a transcript of a conversation between President Nazarbayev and Rakhat Aliyev. It makes it absolutely clear that that was exactly what Nazarbayev wanted from the business leaders.
I therefore may only advise them today to produce another TV advert - similar to the one which they produced on the eve of the last presidential election - flattering the glorious President of Kazakhstan. They may also thank him wholeheartedly for the happy childhood of the Kazakh business community. They may also consider kneeling while signing a song in his honour and kissing his portrait.
The arrest of Dzhakishev confirms my point which I made about Timur Kulibayev, Nazarbayev's son-in-law. More specifically, a point about his steady movement towards power.
Tasmagambetov, Shabdarbayev, Muhamedzhanov are only cogs in Timur's bigger plan. Naturally, their own ambitions cannot be implemented without the shadowy financial might of Timur and his access to Nazarbayev.
Having studied the personality and psychological strengths and weaknesses of his father-in-law, and having combined this knowledge with the experience and unfulfilled ambitions of his own father - Askar Kulibayev - he has managed to incorporate personal ambitions and micro-plans of the above-mentioned statesmen into his mega-plan.
Kvyatkovskaya, Sagadiyev are even smaller puppets, who have been fed by Timur for many years. I know this because I myself witnessed how Timur made in the past certain situations with their participation.
