Presidential candidates continue to travel to the regions
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Presidential candidates continue to travel to the regions, reports Tengrinews.kz .
So, Meiram Kazhyken visited Semey, where he met with workers of one of the factories.
"Today it remains unclear what the minimum wage consists of – it is simply approved. I propose to make its indexing not only transparent, but also to bring it to the level of developed countries of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development). Accordingly, the minimum wage will not amount to 60 thousand tenge, but at least 150 thousand," Kazhyken said.
"The state should create conditions and opportunities for every citizen for self-realization. The citizen himself must participate in processes that can change his living conditions through social partnership, namely trade unions, business associations, civil society institutions. This is our goal, which we want to reach," he said.
Thus, the candidate added, people will be able to provide themselves with decent wages and social support from the state and employers.
Kazhyken noted that at present, in the conditions of increasing external threats, the issue of strengthening the national security of the country, including its defense capability, has become very relevant.
"I consider it extremely important to modernize the armament of our army, improve the systems of the state defense order, mobilization and training of personnel," he stressed.
Presidential candidate Saltanat Tursynbekova is in the Turkestan region. Here, first of all, she visited a local factory, where about 1,100 people work.
"The plant is primarily jobs. You are doing important work, creating a specific end product. Your work directly affects the country's GDP indicators. You are an economically active population. Your work, and each of you in particular, should be protected at the legislative level no less than some deputy or official. It is important to note that the work at the factory is not strictly male. Women always make a big contribution to the achievements of the enterprise," she noted.
According to statistics announced at the plant, women make up about 30 percent of all employees.
"I have been working at this place for 16 years. It's hard, but you need to work. Digitalization, of course, facilitates processes: there used to be mechanical machines, now there are computer machines. This is considered an easy section, but there are women on difficult sections as well. Not only women, but also men go on maternity leave. In principle, I am happy with the conditions, but, of course, everything is getting more expensive, salaries are not growing as fast as prices. But what is good in large factories is stability, a pension fund," said one of the factory workers.
Presidential candidate Karakat Abden met with the voters of Yesika. The pre-election meeting was attended by residents of the city and employees of preschool education.
During the meeting, Abden acquainted the voters with her program.
"The safety of children should come first. Now there are a lot of parents who work both day and night to provide for their family. But often they have nowhere to leave their children, so it is necessary to open round-the-clock kindergartens. The voters stressed the special urgency of this problem. Round-the-clock kindergartens can be opened on the basis of state ones, increasing their working hours. Most importantly, it does not require large expenses," said Karakat Abden.