ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNANCE IN KAZAKHSTAN DURING ITS INDEPENDENCE

Abstract

This article provides a comparative legal and chronological analysis of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On local government and self-government” with the corresponding articles from the text of the Constitution. The priority directions of the ways of reforming the conceptual foundations of local government and self-government in Kazakhstan during the years of independence are analyzed. The research uses general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge. Among the results obtained, we point out the following: proposals for improving legislation; recommendations for improving the Constitutional Law “On elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan”; reflections on the advantages of a mixed electoral system; criteria for the election of deputies of Maslikhats; and the main tasks of the deputies of Maslikhats.

Keywords

• maslikhats
• authorities
• law
• the system of public administration
• elections of akims