Astana, 31 October. The Bureau of the Kurultai, chaired by Aibek Dadebay, has instructed the relevant committees to work on a new Civil Code, amendments on the special legal regime in the city of Alatau and proposals on tax legislation, the Kurultai’s press service said.
The Bureau ties all of its tasks to the President’s Address “Topical Tasks of Kazakhstan in a New Historical Cycle”. According to Dadebay, the Government’s “On the Capital Market” bill should be considered thoroughly and from every angle. In working on the republican budget, the increase of the minimum wage to 110,000 tenge must be taken into account, and in the bill on comprehensive support for children with special needs attention should go to the infrastructure of inclusive education. Bills on energy saving, energy efficiency and alternative energy sources are to be speeded up. Together with the Government, the Kurultai will work out a three-year moratorium on inspections of small and micro businesses from January 2027.
The committee on regional and infrastructure development was told to concentrate on rural areas, logistics infrastructure and road quality. The committee on digitalisation, innovation and science will continue the legal support of digital transformation, while the agrarian committee is to study how the Water Code is being implemented and look into water-saving technologies and innovation in agrochemistry. The “People’s Construction” programme was named a priority for all committees, and all of them will take part in drawing up a long-term strategic document on the country’s priorities.
The first meeting of the Public Chamber under the Kurultai is to be devoted to the Address: its priorities will be discussed with experts and in the regions, where deputies will go from 2 November. At the coming plenary session the Kurultai will consider in first reading amendments on veterinary matters and the ratification of a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank under its fiscal management and financial sector reform programme. The Bureau also took into work the bill “On the Development of Border Territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan” and set the deadline for the relevant committee’s opinion.
What it means: The Kurultai is turning the Address from a language of political goals into a legislative plan: each committee now has its own part, and the one shared by all is “People’s Construction”. Some of the instructions, such as the minimum-wage provision and the moratorium on inspections, depend on decisions by the Government and on the budget, and remain intentions for now.
Who benefits: Minimum-wage earners: the 110,000-tenge provision is to be reflected in the budget, and the Government also named an increase from 1 January 2027 at its meeting on 29 October. Small and micro businesses: if the moratorium on inspections is introduced; for now it is a proposal that is still being worked out with the Government. Families of children with special needs: from the development of inclusive-education infrastructure. Villagers and carriers: from the attention to roads and logistics.
Background: The President delivered the Address on 28 October; in it he proposed declaring next year the Year of Nationwide Large-Scale Construction, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda reported. At its meeting on 29 October the Government set out to compile by the end of the year a list of “People’s Construction” infrastructure and social projects, from local roads and utility networks to schools and hospitals, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda writes. The Kurultai replaced the two-chamber Parliament: the last sitting of the Senate closed the 30-year history of the upper chamber, Kazinform notes.
We have also reported on the Address in instructions: a moratorium on inspections and extra pay for district doctors and Vice President Karin discussing laws under the Address with Kurultai factions.
