Republican congressman Darrell Issa from South California says the democratically elected Democratic congress is ‘exactly the same’ as Kazakhstan’s dictatorship.
Issa made the comment at a hearing to Kazakh foreign minister Kanat Saudabayev:
I want to share with you something here today. Washington, D.C., is exactly the same. This is a one-party town, even though there are people who are not Democrats. And this town has decided to have representation, at least one member of the council, who is chosen simply to represent minorities.
Issa has also nominated Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev for a Nobel Peace prize.
Kazakhstan has been described as an authoritarian state and one of the “least free countries in the world” by Freedom House, a human rights organization.
