Nurlan Nigmatulin urged to consider a whole spectrum of opinions when dealing with bills
Today, under the chairmanship of Speaker of the Mazhilis Nurlan Nigmatulin the Mazhilis Bureau has held a meeting at which a draft agenda for the upcoming plenary meeting of deputies was formed.
The Mazhilis deputies discussed a package of ratification bills. These are amendments to the Collective Security Treaty, to the CSTO Charter, as well as to the CSTO Legal Status Agreement.
The amendments were due, in particular, to the establishment of the CSTO Partnership Institute and the improvement of the rules governing the observer status in the CSTO. Other reasons included the need to increase the social security of representatives of the CSTO member States holding the posts of CSTO Deputy Secretary of State, as well as constitutional changes in Armenia, which is part of the CSTO.
The Mazhilis will have to appoint the relevant committee the deadline for preparing an opinion on the new bill that included the amendments to public procurement.
In addition, at a meeting of the Bureau, the issue of holding parliamentary hearings on the topic: “Improving the legislative framework for the provision of legal assistance” was reviewed.
In conclusion, the Chairman of the Mazhilis focused on the work on the bills that are under its consideration. One of them is the Environmental Code, which, as the Mazhilis Speaker noted, is of great interest to the public.
“The Committee on Ecology and Environmental Management has also begun work on a bill on the use of atomic energy. We all know that the issue of the development of nuclear energy is the subject of heated debate in our society,” said the Speaker of the Mazhilis.
The Mazhilis’s legislative portfolio also includes the amendments to consumer protection issues aimed at improving the effectiveness of measures to provide citizens with safe and high-quality goods, works and services. The bill aimed at improving the business climate is aimed at reducing administrative barriers to competition. Work on bills on public service, anti-corruption, as well as livestock breeding is ongoing.
“All these bills concern various aspects of economic and social development. Their adoption and implementation will affect all aspects of the life of our society. Therefore, work on all these bills, as is customary with us, should be conducted openly, should be carried out in close cooperation with representatives of non-governmental organizations, non-parliamentary parties, expert structures and public associations. I ask everyone to be guided by these guidelines in further work on bills,” he said.
