[1] Its first leader was Hasen Qojahmetov, who was Kazakh nationalist, composer, former political prisoner and the Jeltoqsan protest participant.
The main purpose of the party was to free the remaining Jeltoqsan victims from prison, form an independent Kazakhstan, and create a multi-party parliamentary system in the country.
[4] Starting from May 1992, the Jeltoqsan and the Azat parties along with other opposition groups, held protests in front of the Parliament building in Alma-Ata.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev, in response, demanded an end to the protests and asked the Supreme Council to ban anti-government, unregistered political parties.
The Interior Ministry claimed that the protests were illegal because the city's authorities did not grant permission for demonstrations to be held in front of the Parliament building.