On February 7, 2026, an expert discussion titled “The New Constitution of Kazakhstan: Acquiring New Meanings and Values of Kazakhstani Society” was held in Almaty. The event was organized by the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies under the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and served as a platform for a comprehensive analysis of the draft new Constitution and an exchange of views between members of the academic community and the Constitutional Commission.

The discussion focused on the value foundations of the Basic Law, its philosophical and humanitarian dimensions, and the role of the Constitution as a long-term guideline for the country’s development.

Special attention was given to the preamble of the draft Constitution, which participants viewed as its semantic core and philosophical foundation.

Serik Nurmuratov, Head of the Center for World and Kazakh Philosophy at the Institute, noted that the preamble performs a system-forming function:

“The preamble of the new Constitution is not merely a declaration, but an ontological framework of the constitutional order. It enshrines key categories of historical continuity, unitarity, and national unity that form the value basis of the state.”

According to him, it is the preamble that determines the logic for interpreting all subsequent norms:

“Through the preamble, the Constitution establishes a balance between preserving the fundamental principles of statehood and reinterpreting them in line with contemporary social challenges.”

In turn, Anar Fazylzhanova, Director of the A. Baitursynov Institute of Linguistics and a member of the Constitutional Commission, emphasized the humanitarian significance of the preamble and the Constitution’s value provisions:

“The preamble and the value norms of the Constitution set the framework for the state’s cultural and language policy. It is through them that an understanding of social unity, identity, and continuity of development is formed.”

Following the discussion, experts concluded that the search for a normative balance between stability and renewal makes the new Constitution a sustainable instrument of social development and a long-term strategic guideline for the country.