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Work on amendments to the Constitution related to major political reforms, including the powers of the president, the procedure for forming the chambers of parliament and others, the government will begin in April, on other amendments to constitutional laws and other legislation, work is scheduled to begin by autumn. And presidential decrees and government resolutions on new areas will be prepared in June. This was announced on Friday during a government meeting by Minister of Justice Kanat Musin.
“A draft national plan for the implementation of the message has been developed, which involves amending the Constitution on the powers of the president, restrictions related to his tenure, withdrawal from political parties of the chairmen and members of the central election commission, the Accounts Committee, the Constitutional Council, the procedure for formation and functions of the Senate and the Mazhilis, the transformation of the Accounts Committee for Control over the Execution of the Republican Budget into the Supreme Audit Chamber, the procedure for the formation of maslikhats, the creation of the Constitutional Court, with the possibility of applying to it as well as citizens, the Prosecutor General and the Commissioner for Human Rights, enshrining in the Constitution the decision to abolish the death penalty executions. The development of a draft law on this block is expected in April,” Musin said.