Question

President Nursultan Nazarbayev took few chances with his political
fortunes as December presidential elections approached, using state-
controlled media to burnish his image and employing the many levers of
his authoritarian government to crack down on opposition and
independent news media. His government blocked the printing of several
independent and opposition newspapers, seized entire press runs of
publications that carried critical articles, closed a leading opposition
weekly, and repeatedly blocked an opposition Web site. Nazarbayev, who
has ruled Kazakhstan for 16 years, gained a third term in the December 4
vote. The national election commission said Nazarbayev secured 91
percent of the vote; however, international observers said that media and
vote manipulation marred the elections.
Question:
1) Study the news piece below and answer the question that follows:
Which features of democracy are violated in the above instance and
how? Mention any two.

Answer 1

he current president is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who assumed office on 20 March 2019 following the resignation of the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.