Today, with the participation of Vice-Minister of Information and Public Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov, a zonal discussion of the draft law on public control took place.

Representatives of the civil society of Almaty, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda, Turkestan regions and the city of Shymkent took part in the discussion of the project.

Vice-Minister Bolat Tlepov in his speech spoke about the main directions and mechanisms of implementation of the draft law. According to him, the purpose of the bill is to create a legal basis for the system of public control.

During the discussion, the Chairman of ALE "Association of the Civil Alliance of Zhambyl region" Zaitian Yuldashev said that the bill does not include a description of the differences between the object and the subject are also proposed to add to the list of subjects of public control category of the independent media.
Bakytzhan Beisembayev, the chairman of the OOM "Bitimger", proposed to provide measures for the implementation of public control in the law on public councils.

The head of the NGO "Zhalyn" Kurmet Kerimbekov noted that this draft law is the most important for the society, and suggested that the subject of public control should have the right to exercise public control without the permission of the object. In addition, he stressed the need for material support in the form of grant support for subjects of public control, since public control requires any financial resources.
The next zonal meeting to discuss the draft law is planned to be held with representatives of the public of the East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, and Karaganda regions.

Recall that the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was instructed to develop and adopt the Law "On Public Control" in order to ensure openness and accountability to the public of state bodies and the quasi-public sector.