Jer Qorgany

Defenders of Land Jer Qorgany
Leader	Mūqtar Taijan
Founder	Mūqtar Taijan
Founded	16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)
Ideology	Land reform Economic nationalism Anti-EAEU
National affiliation	Coalition of Democratic Forces (2022–present)
Colours	Brown
Website
jerqorgany.kz
Politics of Kazakhstan Political parties Elections

Jer Qorgany (Kazakh: Жер Қорғаны, romanized: Jer Qorğanı; lit. 'Defenders of Land') is an unregistered Kazakh opposition party founded on 16 March 2022 by public figure Mūqtar Taijan.^[1]

History

On 16 March 2022, opposition public figure Mūqtar Taijan announced his intention to create his own political party. According to Taizhan, the new political force will compete with Nur Otan and may come to power in the next parliamentary election. Earlier in the day, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a simplification of the procedure for registering parties.^[2][3] Taijan expressed confidence that his party would defeat the ruling party and enter parliament in the first elections.^[1]

On 31 August, the economic program of the party was published: the party called for leaving the Eurasian Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as dissolving the Samruk-Kazyna and Bayterek holdings.^[4][5]

On 5 September, Taijan took part in the founding conference of the Coalition of Democratic Forces of Kazakhstan.^[6]

Party program

The party's program is completely focused on land reforms.^[7] Among the demands of the party are a ban on the sale of agricultural land to private ownership by citizens of Kazakhstan, a strict ban on the sale / lease of land to foreigners, the establishment of an open land cadastre, the return of irrationally used lands to state ownership, a ban on sublease, tougher requirements for the use of land by citizens of Kazakhstan, tougher requirements for obtaining citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan and more.^[8]

References

1. "Мухтар Тайжан решил создать свою партию". kaztag.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
2. Гумарова, Асема (2022-03-16). "Мухтар Тайжан создает политическую партию | новости на Arbat.media". Евразийский информационно-аналитический портал Arbat.media (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-09-18.
3. "Казахстанский партийный ренессанс". ia-centr.ru (in Russian). 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
4. "Партия Мухтара Тайжана требует распустить холдинги Самрук-Казына и Байтерек". orda.kz. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
5. "Снести Amanat и отменить ЕАЭС: как партия Тайжана будет из Казахстана делать экономическое чудо". Ulysmedia.kz: Новости и аналитика в Казахстане | Улыс, Ұлыс, Ulys, Улус (in Russian). 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
6. "Коалиция демократических сил Казахстана выступает против внеочередных выборов президента - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
7. "Мұхтар Тайжан партия құрып, жер қорғамақ". malim.kz. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
8. "Мухтар Тайжан заявил о создании политической партии - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-18.