On August 30, Kazakhstan celebrates the Constitution Day, Kazakh
media reported.
Kazakhstan’s Constitution was adopted at a national referendum
in 1995.
The current Constitution of Kazakhstan was amended in 1998,
2007, 2011 and 2017.
“The Constitution is constantly reformed and improved in
accordance with the requirements of the time,” Kazakh President
Nursultan Nazarbayev said during a meeting dedicated to the
Constitution Day of Kazakhstan. “For example, at the beginning of
last year I initiated a constitutional reform on the redistribution
of a number of presidential powers between the parliament and the
government with the expansion of the independence and
responsibility of the latter ones.”
“In the spring of 1995, together with a group of legal scholars,
we were discussing which constitution we should adopt,” the Kazakh
president said. “I personally reviewed the constitutions of 20
countries of Europe, America and Asia in search of provisions that
would suit our state. We couldn’t simply adopt a constitution of
another country in its pure form. Thus, we compiled the
Constitution of December 1995, and it was supported by the
overwhelming majority of citizens. It became the main law in
accordance with which we live today, build our state and strengthen
independence.”
