Kazakhstan’s Constitution turns 30 with political reforms

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00:00There is no place for the father's soul.

00:03Because the Constitution is not the right of our country,

00:08and it is not the right of our society.

00:21Every nation builds its statehood and future course on the foundation of a constitution.

00:26After the Soviet collapse, independent Kazakhstan shaped its legal system step by step,

00:31adopting its first basic law in 1993.

00:34But the main constitution was endorsed in 1995 in a nationwide referendum.

00:39Kazakhstan marks 30 years of its constitution this year,

00:43a milestone that highlights how the country empowers its citizens to amend the law

00:48and foster a new culture of justice.

00:50We have been in the government of the United States.

00:54The government has a great deal.

00:56We have a great deal with the community.

00:58We have a great deal with the people and the world.

01:00We have a great deal with the peace and the people.

01:02We have a great deal with the peace and the peace of mind.

01:04Over the past 30 years, Kazakhstan's constitution has been amended six times.

01:29The most fundamental change came in 2022, when President Okayev initiated a nationwide referendum.

01:36Since then, key national decisions have been made directly by the people.

01:40Among those shaping the amendments was Indira Aubakirova, a member of the Constitutional Reform Working Group.

01:47One of the most important criteria for the discussion of those or other novell was how it will be implemented by the society.

01:54It was very important to me, as one of the developers of the new version of the Constitution,

02:01to take attention to the value of our society.

02:06From the proposed amendments, I would like to highlight the improvement of the Parliament.

02:12The second course on the hearing of the state has found a significant impact.

02:19A key innovation of the Constitutional Reform was the introduction of a single seven-year presidential term,

02:25the first in the nation's history.

02:27The Constitution now guarantees the ombudsman status and fully abolishes the death penalty.

02:32These changes the OSCE office describes as the major step forward for human rights.

02:38The Constitution of Kazakhstan, its main strength is its evolutionary character.

02:42I think it's very important that the Constitution includes a prohibition for relatives of the President

02:49to take high positions in public administration.

02:52In this way, I think the Constitution of Kazakhstan differs from other constitutions.

02:57Among the notable changes was also the re-establishment of the Constitutional Court.

03:02Since 2023, citizens can contest laws they believe undermine their rights and freedoms.

03:09The state of the Constitution now referred to more than 11 thousand citizens.

03:13These figures are saying that citizens understand the advantages and possibilities

03:19give the Constitution of the Constitution.

03:21There are some specific specific law of the Constitution of the Constitution,

03:25which, as a case of the Constitution,

03:27the Constitution of the Constitution.

03:28He is another third form of the Constitution,

03:30which the Constitution gives the Constitution.

03:35That is, according to the fact, the Constitutional Court can

03:38express norms according to the ideology of the Constitution.

03:43And this gives the possibility, when the legislator

03:46corrects the norms, to not leave the limits of the logic

03:50that the Constitutional Court has been established in its decision.

03:53Kazakhstan chose this democracy by letting people directly

03:56elect village, district, or city mayors.

03:59In the past four years, all rural leaders have been chosen

04:02under the new rules.

04:03Says member of the Majolisse of the Parliament, Yerkan Abel.

04:06The population has grown trust to the government.

04:09It started at the level of local regions.

04:12Now we've passed the elections of the region.

04:15And when I talk to the residents of the region,

04:19where they were elected, and with the residents of the region,

04:22where they were elected, there are different relations to the government.

04:25Now there is a very important task.

04:27It was written in the Constitution in 1995,

04:30but we did not do it.

04:31This is the local government.

04:33Now we have the task to work with a separate law of local government,

04:37so that the local government will work in Kazakhstan

04:41as it was thought of in 1995.

04:44The anniversary of Kazakhstan's Constitution reflects the country's journey

04:47since independence.

04:48Today it is more than a legal text,

04:50it is a symbol of the nation, a guide for reform,

04:53and a guarantee of stability.

04:56and a guarantee of stability.

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