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00:31March 15 will now be marked in the history of Kazakhstan.
00:35The country voted for its new constitution in a national referendum.
00:39The turnout amounted to 73% and 87% of them voted yes, making the referendum pass.
01:00The country voted for its new constitution in a national referendum.
01:04This is the constitution of the country.
01:11More than 12 million of eligible population voted across 10,000 polling stations in Kazakhstan and abroad.
01:18The three main changes in the new constitution are the unicomeral parliament,
01:23the reestablishment of the vice president position and empowering the People's Council.
01:27You know, because of the changes in the social relations,
01:30the first question was about the parliamentary reform.
01:33The fact is that in a state, there is only a single parliament.
01:36And in Kazakhstan, in 1995, despite the fact that there was a two-palatable parliament.
01:41The law needed to be accepted quickly, effectively, properly and in time.
01:45And because of this, the question was about the need of the single parliament.
01:49Initially, the government planned to amend around 40 articles as part of the parliamentary reform,
01:54but soon realized that they would have to change more than 80%.
01:58Since it would effectively mean a new main document,
02:01the president decided to take the issue to the national referendum.
02:03To look at the history, the constitution is a logical continuation of the reforms that began in 2019.
02:10So, all the political modernization that continued to be followed,
02:16led to the fact that we now need to accept a new constitution.
02:20It is very happy that in the discussion of this project,
02:24there were almost 12,000 people involved.
02:27Kazakhstan has been using the previous constitution for the past 30 years.
02:31To move away from the Soviet past, the country adopted a new constitution in 1993
02:35and then changed it again in 1995.
02:39Now, the country has decided to take another step into the future
02:41and consider the challenges of today.
02:44One of the reasons of the assessment of the constitution is to understand the digital rights of people,
02:51which are now very important.
02:54The first is the direct norm.
02:56It is the protection of personal data,
02:59which will be brought to the constitution of the constitution.
03:03The bulletin has only one question.
03:05Are you for or against the new constitution?
03:08Today, citizens exercise their right to vote
03:10and determine the future of their country.
03:15Some voters showed up as early as 7 a.m.,
03:18while others turned voting into a family activity,
03:20showing their children the significance of casting a vote.
03:40Observers from 34 countries found that the referendum was in accordance with both Kazakhstan's legislation,
03:45constitution and laws, as well as international standards.
03:48In the United States, as you know,
03:51there are a lot of issues focused on human rights, democracy, civil society, the rule of law.
03:59Having these issues addressed in the referendum reflects the knowledge, the belief,
04:07that Kazakhstan understands how important it is to have a transparent and open legal process.
04:13They also noted active participation of civil society
04:16and the willingness of Kazakh citizens to become legal observers.
04:21And I was quite impressed about the number of these observers,
04:23because regularly in Poland there's one, two, maybe three people,
04:27and here is like crowds, around 10 people on each polling station,
04:32so that's a lot, and I was quite impressed about that.
04:35And that also is a sign that the society is aware how important this referendum is.
04:41Until July 1st, the current parliament will have to adopt five new constitutional laws
04:46and amend eight existing, after which it will be dissolved.
04:49The country will have new parliamentary elections after that,
04:52which should be finished by the time the new political season starts.
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