Kazakh Prime Minister Orders Ministers to Blog. High Faaaive!!
Written on 13th January 2009
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Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.
The Prime Minster of former Soviet state Kazakhstan has ordered his minsters to start personal blogs.
In a surprise move, Masimov started his own blog last week with his first post receiving 152 comments already. People have apparently complained about the quality of tap water in villages which initiated an immediate investigation into the complaints.
This is all quite surprising considering the international opinion of the state. President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a former communist party boss, has ruled Kazakhstan since 1989 and has never been democratically elected nor re-elected.
Regardless, the blogs are scheduled to appear live by the end of January not leaving much time for the minsters to install their plugins!
Personally I think it’s a fabulous idea, however the pessimist in me can’t help but picture the government publishing ‘fake’ positive comments to paint a pretty picture of the country for outsiders. I wonder if the concept will spread elsewhere? I can’t see why not.
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Fabulous idea? It’s f*cking horrible! http://tinyurl.com/7stb9k
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Kazach prime minister orders his ministers to start personal blogs (The Next Web): http://is.gd/fE7I
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The Kazakhstan Prime Minister has ordered his cabinet to start personal blogs http://tinyurl.com/7stb9k via @jangles
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@peteashton While we wait for your post on political blogging… there’s this: http://is.gd/fE7I
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Not often does the the head of state asks his ministers to blog!http://bit.ly/NY8S
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