For the first time, our millennial history has been written into the new draft Constitution as a key value. State Counselor Yerlan Karin said this at the 7th meeting of the Commission on Constitutional Reforms.
According to him, the current 1995 Constitution does not contain a single word about history.
"The phrase "Preserving the continuity of the millennial history of the Great Steppe" in the Preamble of the draft new Constitution testifies to the continuous continuity of our history, to the fact that Kazakhstan is the center of nomadic civilization. Thus, for the first time, our history is enshrined in the Constitution not as a declaration, but as a state value," said Erlan Karin.
The concepts of "Great Steppe" and "thousand-year history" in the Preamble are concepts that testify to the historical entity of Kazakhstan and define its state identity.
At the same time, the State Counselor emphasized that the new Constitution clearly states that the state language is Kazakh.
"In particular, Article 9, paragraph 1, clearly states that "the state language of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the Kazakh language." That is, we have one state language, and that is the Kazakh language. There is no other state language. Our language is on a high pedestal, in its place. As long as our state exists, it will never fall below that pedestal. For this, we must preserve and protect this state. We must think about the unity of the country," Yerlan Karin noted.
He also noted that there are many differences between the new draft Constitution and the current Constitution adopted in 1995.
"The new draft Constitution is the result of proposals and initiatives received from citizens of the country, experts, public activists, and various organizations for more than six months, and the fruit of various lengthy discussions that have been held to date," said Erlan Karin.