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The Republic of Kazakhstan.
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The Republic of Kazakhstan proclaims itself a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose highest values are an individual, his life, rights and freedoms.
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government.
The state power in the RK is a unified and executed on the basis of the Constitution and laws in accordance with the principle of its division into the legislative, executive and judicial branches and a system of checks and balances that governs their interaction.
The Constitution has the highest juridical force and direct effect on the entire territory of the Republic.
The President of RK is the head of state, its highest official determining the main directions of the domestic and foreign policy of the state and representing Kazakhstan with in the country and in international relations.
The President of the Republic is elected by universal, equal and direct suffrage under a secret ballot for a seven – year term in accordance with the constitutional law by the citizens of the Republic who have come of age.
2. A citizen of the Republic is eligible for the office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan if he is by birth not younger than forty, and has a perfect command of the state language and has lived in Kazakhstan for not less than fifteen years.
Regular elections of the President of the Republic are held on the first Sunday of December and shall not coincide with the election of a new Parliament of the Republic.
The candidate who receives more than 50 percents of the votes of the constituents that took part in the election is deemed elected. If none of the candidates receives the above number of votes, a second round of elections shall be held between two candidates who obtained the largest number of votes of the constituents who take part in the second round of elections shall be deemed elected. The candidate who receives the larger number of votes of the constituents who take part in the second round of elections is deemed elected.
New vocabulary:
to proclaim - провозглашать
secular - светский
unitary - единый
to execute – исполнять, выполнять
legislative - законодательный
executive - исполнительный
judicial - судебный
domestic policy – внутренняя политика
universal, equal and direct suffrage under a secret ballot – всеобщее, равное и прямое избирательное право при тайном голосовании
to coincide - совпадать
to deem - полагать, считать
Answer the questions according to the text:
1. How does the Republic of Kazakhstan proclaim itself?
2. What is the Republic of Kazakhstan according to the Constitution?
3. How is the state power in the RK unified and executed?
4. Who is the President according to the constitution?
5. When are regular elections of the President of the Republic held?
6. Is any person eligible for the office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan?
7. How is the President of the Republic elected?