Kyrgyzstan – Constitutional amendments

Kyrgyzstan is on the verge of adopting a number of constitutional amendments. The details are very sketchy but there is some information of the eng.24.kg website.

According to the report, “the amendments deprive the president of [the] right to appoint [the] Secretary of State. The post has been abolished as a part of the state administration reforms in the country. The draft bill also provides for [abolition] of the president’s executive office, the Security Council, the National Guard”. The report goes on to say: “the document also proposes to delegate powers [relating to the creation of the] Presidential Council and other consultative and coordinating bodies to the head of the state.” This Council is, I believe, a new institution that is designed to be a consultative committee that will include representatives of state institutions and civil society.

A copy of the 2007 constitution that was adopted in a referendum then is available here.

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