Nazarbayev explains power redistribution process in Kazakhstan

    President Nursultan Nazarbayev made a special address on redistribution of authorities between the power branches, Kazpravda.kz reports.
    The forthcoming reform is based on the logic of our development and the logic of modern development in general. Its main essence is that the President hands over a number of his authorities to the Parliament and the Government, Nazarbayev clarified.
    Strong presidential vertical, he went on to say, was necessary for us to overcome the enormous challenges of the state formation, and it paid off. We owe our achievements to this very system.
    The proposed reform aims to improve the management system. We have built a new state, a new economy, a new society.
    History has confirmed that our development path was right. When marking the 25^th anniversary of our independence, we talked about our achievements, including the work of the power structures, the presidential system, the President stressed.
    But the world is changing before our eyes, and we have to think about how to respond to global and regional challenges that history will inevitably pose to us. The essence of the proposed reform is a drastic redistribution of authorities, democratization of the political system as a whole.
    For the President, the priorities under the new conditions will be strategic functions, the role of supreme arbiter in the relations between the power branches. The Head of State will also focus on foreign policy, national security and the country's defense capacity.
    The role of the Government and the Parliament will enhance at that.
    It is necessary to hand over to the Government and other executive bodies a significant part of the established by law President’s authorities in the socioeconomic processes regulation.
    Government, ministries and governorates (akimats) should be in charge of this area, Nazarbayev said.
    According to him, the delegation of powers can be achieved through changes in the relevant laws.
    About 40 authorities can be handed over to the Government or the Parliament.
    The Government will propose these amendments to the Parliament for adoption by the end of the current session.
    A more difficult task is to balance the relations between the power branches at the constitutional level.
    It is important to enhance the role of the Parliament in the formation of the Government, the responsibility of the Cabinet before the deputies.
    The winning party in the parliamentary elections will make a decisive influence on the formation of the Government.
    Proceeding from this, it would be reasonable for the government to terminate the authority before the newly elected Majilis, not the President, as it was before. It is necessary to simplify the vote of no confidence to the Government members by the Houses of Parliament.
    This will enhance control of the legislative power over the executive power branch, Nursultan Nazarbayev concluded, according to the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.