MEETING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL ON THE APPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

On February 7, 2019 a meeting of the Constitutional Council on the appeal of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on the official interpretation of paragraph 3 article 42 of the Constitution of the Republic was held.
As reported previously, the Head of State in his address asks to respond the following question: «Whether the list of grounds for early termination of powers of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, set forth by paragraph 3 article 42 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan exhaustive? ».
Opening the meeting, the Chairman of the Constitutional Council Kairat Mami noted that the Council had a very important issue that requires a comprehensive analysis of the Fundamental Law, the constitutions of foreign countries and the results of scientific research on the subject concerned.
The Council’s composition heard opinions of representatives of the Government, the Senate and Mazhilis of Parliament, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Justice.
As experts submitted their conclusions prominent legal scholars, doctors of law, professors: 
- Saule Amandykova, dean of the law faculty of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University;
- Sergey Udartsev, head of research projects on issues of legal policy, constitutional law and public administration of KAZGUU University;
- Yerkyn Kubeev, director of the Institute of legal and state studies.
After discussions and responses of meeting participants, the Constitutional Council’s composition retired for deliberation.
The date of the announcement of the normative resolution of the Council will be informed later.