Improvement of electoral legislation in the light of international standards and political reforms in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Authors

  • Zh. Korpebayev

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31489/2021l4/148-155

Keywords:

electoral legislation, rights of women and youth, elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of the Par- liament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, international standards of electoral law

Abstract

Political reform is being actively carried out in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which affected the procedure for elections to the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The purpose of the article is to analyze the current state of the electoral system of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its compliance with international standards in terms of attracting women and youth to the management of public affairs. The author of the article has analyzed the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the availability of appropriate quotas for women, youth, and DIC disabilities in foreign countries legislation. In the study, in order to generalize and systematize the existing gaps in the regulation of quotas for women, youth and persons with disabilities, both general scientific methods and private scientific methods of cognition have been applied. International norms and standards in the field of electoral law have been studied, a comparative analysis of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries have been conducted, relevant proposals have been offered for improving the electoral legislation. As a result, the author highlighted the need to make changes and additions to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which would regulate the electoral process.

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Published

2021-12-30

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TRIBUNE OF YOUNG SCIENTIST