The principled positions of experts are fully taken into account in the development of the law on public control

Today, a "round table" was held online to discuss the draft law "On Public Control". The discussion was attended by the Minister of information and public development of Kazakhstan Aida Balayeva and members of Parliament, experts and civil society representatives.

According to Aida Balayeva, the draft law is the collective work of all members of the working group, which includes all interested parties, including experts, lawyers, human rights defenders, and public figures. Also, she noted that when developing the bill, the principled positions of public activists were fully taken into account.

In accordance with the draft law, the circle of persons exercising public control, including citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and non-profit organizations, has been significantly expanded.
In addition, according to the proposals of the public, the list of objects of public control includes legal entities that receive budget funds.
The draft law establishes a number of important principles of public control, including a variety of forms, respect for constitutional rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a person and citizen, publicity, openness, and the legality of public control.
During the discussion of the draft Law, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan Elvira Azimova noted the importance of the draft law for civil society and the need for legislative regulation of public control.
According to the developers, the peculiarity of this draft law is that it is being developed in the state language. Kazbek Dautaliev, Director of the Research Institute of Customary Law and Comparative Law of the Gumilyov ENU, Candidate of Law, takes an active part in the development of the law.

"The draft law contains the basis for the implementation of public control and creates all conditions for public participation in the implementation of public control," K. Dautaliyev stressed.
In turn, the deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Yerlan Sairov noted the high-quality development of the draft law and assured that the draft law will also be actively discussed with the participation of the public in the walls of the Mazhilis of the Parliament.
Well-known experts and representatives of civil society Aigul Solovyova, Zauresh Battalova, Rahim Oshakbayev, Serik Berkamalov, Murat Abenov, Dos Koshim, Yevgeny Zhovtis and others also spoke during the discussion.

At the end of the round table, the Minister thanked all the participants of the meeting for their active participation in the development of the draft law.