Open AccessTHE EVOLUTION OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POST-SOVIET REPUBLICS OF TRANSCAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Author(s) -
Dmitry BEREZYUK,
Alexander KLYASHTORIN
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik bist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-9033
pISSN - 2078-9025
DOI - 10.47598/2078-9025-2021-2-51-53-61
Subject(s) - presidency , presidential system , cabinet (room) , institution , politics , political science , parliament , power (physics) , political economy , central asia , economic history , law , geography , sociology , ancient history , history , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
The article provides a comparative analysis of the political mechanisms and fundamental constitutional principles of the functioning of the institution of the presidency in the post-Soviet republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia. According to the authors, in Georgia and Armenia, the institution of the presidency is evolving in the direction of weakening, which inevitably leads to an increase in the role of the parliament and the Cabinet of Ministers in the political process. Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are following the path of forming personalist political regimes. The presidents of these countries have not only a wide range of formal powers, but also informal political resources that allow them to rule indefinitely and pass power on to their descendants. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan stand apart. The first country represents an example of successful institutionalization of presidential rule. Kazakhstan is one of the few states of the post-Soviet space, where a systematic and civilized transit of presidential power took place. At the same time, the political system remained stable. The situation in Kyrgyzstan is developing in a fundamentally different way, where a whole series of coups has taken place over the past few years. This country has a president, but the institution of the presidency, de facto, is absent.