{"id":"constitution-my:local-citizen-participation:en","type":"webpage","title":"How a Citizen Can Participate in Governing the Country","abstract":"Participation extends beyond elections: citizens may submit appeals, join peaceful assemblies and public councils, apply to the Constitutional Court, and support petitions under the Administrative Procedural Code. You can stand for election to a maslikhat from age 20 and to the Kurultai from age 25.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/local-citizen-participation?lang=en","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"version":"2026-07-15","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","custom":{"schema_version":"1.0","is_official_legal_source":false,"publisher_url":"https://constitution.my","date_modified":"2026-07-15","article_references":[{"number":35,"title":"Citizen Participation in Governance","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-35"},{"number":70,"title":"People's Council","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-70"},{"number":87,"title":"Local Government","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-87"},{"number":91,"title":"Local Self-Government","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-91"}],"official_sources":[{"id":"constitution-2026-official","title":"Official publication of the 2026 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000","checked_at":"2026-07-16"},{"id":"administrative-procedural-code-petitions","title":"Administrative Procedural Code of Kazakhstan, Chapter 12-1 on petitions","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2000000350#z1470","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}