Majilis Speaker Izmukhambetov steps down

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Deputies of Majilis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament, voted for resignation of Speaker Baktykozha Izmukhambetov at a plenary session on Wednesday.

"I ask you to accept my voluntary resignation as I was elected as the new chairman of the Republican Organization of Veterans," Izmukhambetov address the plenary session.

The majority of MPs voted for Izmukhambetov's resignation.