The amendments also enshrine such natural things as the rule of law and the prohibition of the death penalty.
Amendments to the Constitution > Kazakhstan, which aims to consolidate the transition from a super-presidential form of government to a presidential republic with a strong parliament, was supported in a referendum in the country on June 5, according to preliminary data, 77.18% of Kazakhs, said Central Election Commission Chairman Nurlan Abdirov.
“77.18% of voters voted in favor of a positive decision on the referendum, and 18.66% in favor of a negative decision,” Abdirov told a CEC briefing on Monday.
Kazakhstan held a republican referendum on Sunday concerning amendments to the Constitution. Citizens were asked to answer a single question: “Do you approve the amendments to the Constitution set out in the draft Law” On Amendments to the Constitution, published in the media on May 6, 2022. “
The amendments are intended to consolidate the final transition from a super-presidential form of government to a presidential republic with a strong parliament. The updated Constitution plans to approve the equal status of the president from all political parties and movements, to introduce a ban on the closest relatives of the head of state to hold senior positions in the quasi-public sector.
The amendments also remove the provision on the right of the first president of Kazakhstan to be elected head of state more than twice in a row, remove the clause that the status and powers of the first president are determined by the Constitution and constitutional law.
the founder of independent Kazakhstan, the first president of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy (leader of the nation) and the invariability of his status.
An important block of amendments concerns the human rights sphere: the country approves the establishment of the Constitutional Court, the consolidation of the status of the Commissioner for Human Rights at the constitutional level, and the total prohibition of executions.
and wildlife belong to the people, and on behalf of the people the right of ownership is exercised by the state.
According to preliminary CEC data, turnout in the referendum was 68.06% of about 11.7 million adult citizens of Kazakhstan.
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It will be recalled that a wave of protests shook Kazakhstan in the winter. People demanded a reduction of gas prices, which almost doubled, but later the protesters' demands expanded to political ones: fight corruption, raise living standards, remove Nazarbayev's clan from power, completely reset power.
Tokayev paid dearly for the restoration of control over the country. Of course, he strengthened his personal power by suppressing protests and removing a number of politicians who were close to the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. However, by calling for the help of “CSTO peacekeepers” and demonstrating his dependence on foreign support, Tokayev increased Russia's influence in Kazakhstan. Read about the aftermath of the January protests in Vladimir Kravchenko's article “ Putin has taken control of a new country: the price may be high ” .
Read Volodymyr Kravchenko's article “Conditional early termination” for ZN.UA about how Nazarbayev resigned from the post of President of Kazakhstan, but left wide powers in his hands./p>
