Accepted by referendum (national vote) of the Kyrgyz Republic on October 21, 2007
We, people of Kyrgyzstan,
supporting revival and enhancement of statehood of the Kyrgyz people;
realizing that the unity of Kyrgyz is the base of stability of the country and the consent of all people of Kyrgyzstan;
proceeding from precepts of our ancestors to live in unity, peace and harmony, we accept this Constitution.
1. The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) - the sovereign, unitary, democratic, constitutional, secular, social state.
2. Sovereignty of the Kyrgyz Republic is not limited and extends to all its territory.
3. The people of Kyrgyzstan are the carrier of sovereignty and the single source of the government in the Kyrgyz Republic.
4. The people of Kyrgyzstan perform the power directly on elections and referenda, and also through system of state bodies and local government bodies on the basis of this Constitution and the laws.
On behalf of the people of Kyrgyzstan also the Jogorku Kenesh has the right to act elected him the President.
5. The laws and other important issues of the state value can be submitted for referendum (national vote). The procedure for holding referendum is established by the constitutional law.
6. Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic elect the President, deputies of Jogorku Kenesh, deputies of local keneshes.
Elections are free and are carried out on the basis of general equal and direct suffrage in case of secret vote. The citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic who reached 18 years have to choose the right.
1. The state and its bodies serve all society, but not its some part.
2. No part of the people, any consolidation and any individual has right to appropriate the power in the state.
3. The state, its bodies, local government bodies and their officials cannot be beyond the powers determined by this Constitution and the law.
1. The territory of the Kyrgyz Republic in the existing borders is inviolable and indivisible.
2. For the purpose of the organization of public administration and local self-government the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic is divided into the administrative and territorial units determined by the law.
The cities of Bishkek and Osh are the cities of republican value, and their status is determined by the law.
1. In the Kyrgyz Republic also other patterns of ownership are recognized and protected private, state, municipal.
The Kyrgyz Republic guarantees variety of patterns of ownership and their equal legal protection.
2. The property is inviolable. Nobody can be randomly deprived of the property, and its withdrawal without volition of the owner is allowed only by a court decision.
3. Property acquisition can be made for the state needs in exceptional cases provided by the law on condition of preliminary and its equivalent compensation.
4. The Kyrgyz Republic protects the property right to property of the citizens and legal entities, and also their and property which is in the territory of other states.
5. The earth, its subsoil, airspace, waters, the woods, plant and animal life, other natural resources are property of the Kyrgyz Republic, are used as basis of life and activities of the people of Kyrgyzstan and are under special protection of the state.
The earth and other natural resources can also be in private, municipal and other patterns of ownership.
Limits and procedure by owners of land and natural resources of the rights and guarantee of their protection are determined by the law.
1. State language of the Kyrgyz Republic is the Kyrgyz language.
2. In the Kyrgyz Republic as official language Russian is used.
3. The Kyrgyz Republic guarantees to representatives of all nationalities forming the people of Kyrgyzstan, the right to preserving the native language, creation of conditions for its studying and development.
4. Infringement of freedoms and the rights of citizens on the basis of ignorance of the state or official language is not allowed.
1. The Kyrgyz Republic has the state symbols - the Flag, the Coat of arms, the Anthem. Their description and procedure for official use are established by the law.
2. The capital of the Kyrgyz Republic is the city of Bishkek.
3. Monetary unit of the Kyrgyz Republic is the som.
The government in the Kyrgyz Republic is based on the principles:
supremacy of the power of the people represented and provided with in public elected head of state - the President of the Kyrgyz Republic;
separations of the government into legislative, executive, judicial branches, their approved functioning and interaction;
responsibility of state bodies and local government bodies to the people and implementation of the powers by them for the benefit of the people;
differentiations of functions and powers of public authorities and local government bodies.
1. In the Kyrgyz Republic no religion can be acknowledged as state or obligatory.
2. The political variety is recognized the Kyrgyz Republic.
3. In the Kyrgyz Republic political parties, labor unions and other public associations can be created. The state provides observance of their rights and legitimate interests.
4. Political parties can participate in public affairs in the forms provided by this Constitution and the law.
5. In the Kyrgyz Republic it is not allowed:
merge of the state and party institutes, and also subordination of the state activities to party programs and decisions;
education and activities of the party organizations in public institutions and the organizations; implementation by government employees of party work, except as specified, when such work is carried out out of office activities;
membership of the military personnel, employees of law enforcement and judicial authorities in batches, performance them in support of any political party;
creation of political parties on religious basis, prosecution by the religious organizations of political tasks and purposes;
intervention of the religious organizations and attendants of religious cults in activities of state bodies;
activities of the foreign political parties, public and religious organizations, their representations and branches pursuing political goals.
1. The Kyrgyz Republic has no the purposes of expansion, aggression and territorial claims solved by military force, rejects militarization of the state life, subordination of the state, its activities to warfare tasks. Armed forces of Kyrgyzstan are under construction according to the principle of self-defense and defensive sufficiency.
2. The warfare right, except as specified aggressions against Kyrgyzstan and other states connected by obligations of collective defense is not recognized. Permission to each case of transition of parts of Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic out of limits of the territory of Kyrgyzstan is performed by the decision of Jogorku Kenesh made by the majority at least two thirds of voices of total number of deputies.
3. Use of Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic for the solution of interstate political affairs is forbidden.
4. The Kyrgyz Republic strives for the universal and fair peace, mutually beneficial cooperation, permission of global and regional problems peacefully.
Emergency state and warlike situation in the Kyrgyz Republic can be entered according to the procedure and the cases provided by this Constitution and the constitutional laws.
1. The government budget of the Kyrgyz Republic consists from republican and local budgets, includes the income and expenses of the state.
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The document ceased to be valid according to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 27, 2010