{"id":"constitution-my:myths-constitution-always-good:en","type":"webpage","title":"Myth: 'If the Constitution Was Adopted by Referendum, It Must Be Perfect'","abstract":"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.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/myths-constitution-always-good?lang=en","language":"en","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"version":"2026-06-16","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":"2026-06-16","article_references":[{"number":5,"title":"Supremacy of the Constitution","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-5"},{"number":41,"title":"Limits on Rights Restrictions","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-41"},{"number":92,"title":"Constitutional Amendments","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-92"},{"number":93,"title":"Constitutional Court Opinion","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-93"}],"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":"constitution-1995-gov-archive","title":"Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 1995 (official archive publication)","publisher":"Gov.kz","url":"https://www.gov.kz/uploads/2020/2/11/92594e9ba28352a961ca421505b4b79a_original.146163.pdf","checked_at":"2026-07-16"},{"id":"constitutional-court-law","title":"Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan","url":"https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/395513?lang=ru","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}