Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is eligible to seek another presidential term under the new constitution that entered into force on July 1, saying offices held under the 1995 constitution will not count against the new constitution's term limits, Reuters reported on July 7. Tokayev, who was reelected in 2022 to a single seven-year term set to expire in 2029, requested the court's interpretation himself.

The new constitution reset Kazakhstan's legal framework while replacing the bicameral parliament with the unicameral Kurultai, creating the office of vice president and adding a new People's Council through which Tokayev can manage elites. The long-dominant Amanat party, formerly Nur Otan and closely tied to Kazakhstan's longtime former President Nursultan Nazarbayev, approved its merger into the newer pro-presidential Adilet party in June. On July 6, Nazarbayev's birthday, Kazakhstan's main mosque in Astana was renamed the Nursultan Mosque.