Work priorities of Kazakh Mazhilis for 2022 outlined

To justify the trust of the people and provide maximum support to the initiatives of the Head of State. Speaker of the Mazhilis Yerlan Koshanov at the meeting announced the priorities of the MPs’ work for the coming period. He noted that the work of the Lower House of the Parliament should be open, and lawmakers, in turn, must be closer to their constituents. The Chairman also emphasized that it is important to intensify the close relationship of MPs with the civil sector and media representatives. In the regions - with public activists. In addition, it is necessary to revise the format of meetings with the population, and to involve representatives of NGOs, non-parliamentary and political parties, the expert community, and public opinion leaders in the discussion of draft laws. Yerlan Koshanov noted that all legislative work of the Mazhilis will take place in an open mode.

“An important area of work of the parliamentarians is to provide feedback to the population. Perhaps, we need to strengthen the regional aspect in the legislative activity of our legislative work. In this regard, it seems productive to discuss socially-sensitive bills in the regions. Such bills should be considered through the prism of improving the welfare of Kazakh residents,” the Mazhilis Chair said.

Translation and editing by Galiya Khassenkhanova