President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. File photoALMA-ATA, June 6The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, announced the need to revise the legislation, which previously allowed the country's economic resources to be concentrated in the hands of a narrow group of people. The constitutional referendum in Kazakhstan was held on June 5. The Central Election Commission reported that the turnout was 68.06%. According to preliminary data, the amendments to the constitution were supported by 77.18% of voters. The majority of voters in all regions of the country gave a positive answer to the referendum question.Tokayev created a commission to return funds illegally exported abroad «We need to revise the legislation that contributed to the concentration of the country's economic resources in the hands of a narrow group of people and provided them with unnecessary preferences,» he said during a video address to the people of Kazakhstan following the results of the last referendum. Tokayev recalled that in accordance with his decree, an interdepartmental commission was established to return illegally withdrawn funds from the country, as well as return illegally privatized assets to state ownership. «We will continue our course towards a comprehensive strengthening of the system for protecting human rights and freedoms. As part of the legal reform, the Constitutional Court has been recreated,» he said. According to Tokayev, it is necessary to introduce a mechanism for prompt response to his decisions so that citizens feel the benefits of the activities of this institution. «In the new, fair Kazakhstan, there should be no place for police arbitrariness, incompetent prosecutors frames and biased judges. Society expects real changes from the law enforcement and judicial systems. I will present specific solutions on these and other issues of the country's development in my speech at the opening of the regular session of parliament in September this year,» he concluded. >Kazakhstan reaffirmed OSCE commitment to multi-vector policy
