{"id":"constitution-my:myths-constitution-doesnt-work:en","type":"webpage","title":"Myth: 'The Constitution Doesn't Work Anyway, So What's Written in It Doesn't Matter'","abstract":"The claim that 'the Constitution doesn't work' is a common myth. Since 2023, the Constitutional Court has accepted dozens of applications from ordinary citizens and struck down several unconstitutional provisions. Applications are free and submitted via eGov. The Constitution works – when people use it.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/myths-constitution-doesnt-work?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":12,"title":"Rights Protection","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-12"},{"number":72,"title":"Constitutional Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-72"},{"number":79,"title":"Judicial Referral to the Constitutional Court","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-79"}],"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":"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"},{"id":"constitutional-court-interpretation-89","title":"Constitutional Court ruling No. 89-NP of July 7, 2026","publisher":"Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan","url":"https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/1038621?lang=ru","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}