{"id":"constitution-my:myths-referendum-vs-parliament:en","type":"webpage","title":"Myth: 'A Referendum Is Always Better Than Parliament Because the People Decide'","abstract":"A referendum does not replace parliament – it complements it for fundamental questions. Voting on a budget or a tax code with a simple Yes/No is not feasible. The 2026 referendum is the appropriate case: 84% of the text is new, and the structure of power is fundamentally different.","author":[{"literal":"Constitution.my editorial team"}],"publisher":"Constitution.my","URL":"https://constitution.my/p/myths-referendum-vs-parliament?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":4,"title":"Popular Sovereignty and Referendum","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-4"},{"number":52,"title":"Kurultai","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-52"},{"number":92,"title":"Amending the Constitution by Referendum","url":"https://constitution.my/full-text?lang=en#article-92"}],"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":"referendum-results-2026","title":"Preliminary official results of the March 15, 2026 national referendum","publisher":"Central Referendum Commission of Kazakhstan","url":"https://election.gov.kz/rus/news/releases/index.php?ID=10110","checked_at":"2026-07-16"},{"id":"kurultai-law-2026","title":"Constitutional Law on the Kurultai of the Republic of Kazakhstan","publisher":"Adilet Legal Information System","url":"https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/Z2600000297","checked_at":"2026-07-16"}]}}