["constitution",["Myth: 'If the Law Says So, the Constitution Doesn't Matter'","Myth: 'If the Constitution Was Adopted by Referendum, It Must Be Perfect'","How Kazakhstan Reached the 2026 Constitution","What Is the Constitution","What the 1993 Constitution Was","Constitutional Court","Myth: “Any Constitution is good simply because it is a Constitution”","What the 1995 Constitution Changed"],["Myth: 'The law is the law – the Constitution has nothing to do with it.' Fact: the Constitution stands above any law. If a law contradicts the Constitution, it has no legal force. The Constitutional Court strikes down unconstitutional provisions on any citizen's application – free of charge via eGov.","A referendum confers legitimacy – but not perfection. The US Constitution began by enshrining slavery. Kazakhstan's 1995 Constitution required 56 amendments in 2022. Every constitution is a compromise. That is precisely why the 2026 Constitution builds in mechanisms for renewal: the Constitutional Court, amendments, and the Khalyk Kenesi.","The 2026 Constitution did not emerge suddenly. It is the product of a long constitutional evolution that began with independence in 1991, passed through the Constitutions of 1993 and 1995, and accelerated significantly after the constitutional changes of 2022.","The Constitution is the fundamental law of the state that defines the structure of power, citizens' rights, and the basic rules of society. It is not a political program or ideological manifesto but the legal foundation upon which all other laws are built. The Constitution establishes the \"rules of the game\" for everyone – from the president to ordinary citizens.","The 1993 Constitution was the first Constitution of independent Kazakhstan. It established the legal foundations of sovereignty and marked the transition from the Soviet legal order to a national constitutional system. It remained, however, a transitional document and was soon superseded by a more stable constitutional model.","The Constitutional Court is an independent body of constitutional review. A citizen may challenge a normative legal act that directly affects their constitutional rights, but the constitutional law sets admissibility conditions for that route.","Not every constitution is good merely by virtue of existing. A constitution can be democratic and rights-protecting, or it can be vague, overly centralized, weak in guarantees, and ineffective in practice. What matters is not the title of the document, but its content, safeguards, and real operation.","The 1995 Constitution created the basic framework of Kazakhstan’s modern state system. It clarified the structure of power, consolidated the presidential model, and provided the legal foundation for institutional stability over three decades."],["https://constitution.my/p/myths-law-vs-constitution?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/myths-constitution-always-good?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/constitution-history-path-to-2026?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/what-is-constitution?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/constitution-history-1993?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/constitutional-court?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/myth-any-constitution-good?lang=en","https://constitution.my/p/constitution-history-1995?lang=en"]]