The Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan: WikiWikiup.

The beginning of creation of constitutional control institute in Kazakhstan is connected with introduction in 1989 of addition into the Constitution  of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of  1978 providing establishment of Committee of the constitutional supervision which, however, hasn’t been created.

Later the Constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of December 16, 1991 “About the state independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” established that the supreme body of judicial protection of the Constitution is the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Constitutional Court has begun to work in 1992 when the laws “About the Constitutional Court of the Republic of  Kazakhstan” and “About the Constitutional Legal Proceedings” have been adopted, and the chairman and ten judges of the Constitutional Court were elected.

On August 30, 1995 according to the adopted new Constitution of the Republic of  Kazakhstan the quasi-judicial authority of the constitutional control – the Constitutional Council has been founded.

According to article 1 of the Constitutional law “About the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, the Constitutional Council as the state  body, providing the rule of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan in all territory of the republic, when implementation its powers is independent and independent of state  bodies,  organizations, officials and citizens, submits only to the Constitution of the Republic and can’t proceed from political and other reasons, carries out the powers, being guided by the Constitution of the Republic and the Constitutional law, abstaining from establishment and research of other questions in all cases when it enters a competence of the courts or other  state bodies.

From January, 1996 to January, 2016 more than 190 addresses have been  submitted to the Constitutional Council, among them addresses: of the Head of state – 21 address, of chairmen of  Parliament Chambers  and its deputies – 77,  of the Prime minister – 27, courts – 66 addresses.  

In total Constitutional Council  passed more than 140 normative resolutions, among them – 6 on additional interpretation of the resolutions are accepted.

V. http://www.ksrk.gov.kz/eng/deyat/historyofcc/historicalreference/