Astana. January 30. KazTAG - about 4 thousand people can get under Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev Amnesty announced by the President of Kazakhstan, the Agency correspondent reports.
"The adoption of the draft law will lead to the following legal and socio-economic consequences: 1) the exemption of about 3-4 thousand convicts; 2) termination of criminal cases and cases not considered by the courts of crimes committed before the introduction of this draft law by persons involved in criminal responsibility for crimes of small and moderate severity; 3) For certain categories of convicted persons, the reduction of an indispensable part of the sentence of persons, "the concept of the law" On Amnesty in connection with the thirtieth anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan "says.
The bill "provides for the exemption from punishment of persons convicted of committing crimes not carrying a serious threat to citizens and the state."
Under the economic consequences of the adoption of the draft law, according to the developers, a significant improvement in the level of logistical support of persons who are not subject to amnesty and continuing to serve punishment, a decrease in the density of the prison population, the occurrence of the possibility of improving medical and sanitary requirements for the conditions of content is expected. The conditions for the work of the administration and employees of the penal system to ensure the regime in institutions and other conditions for their service and social protection will also improve.
"As a result of the adoption of the draft law, it will be possible to send saved budget funds to finance the criminal executive system and the introduction of international legal standards, including the transition to the chamber types of prisons. The negative legal and socio-economic consequences in the event of the adoption of the draft law is not expected, "the developers said.
The objectives of the draft law called "humanization of criminal policy, on the basis of the principle of humanism, in connection with the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, full or partial exemption from punishment, replacing an indispensable part of the punishment on a softer or termination of criminal prosecution against an individually defined circle of persons , as well as a decrease in the number of persons contained in the institutions of the penitentiary system and consisting in taking into account the procurement service. "
"In general, the draft law is aimed at the liberation of convicts for committing crimes not carrying a serious threat to the safety of citizens and the state, including socially vulnerable categories of citizens: minors, women who have minors, as well as pregnant women, participants and disabled of the Great Patriotic War and Persons equated to them, pensioners, disabled and others, "- specified in the document.
Recall, on October 29, 2020, President Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev announced that in 2021, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, in accordance with the law, an amnesty will be made to criminal responsibility for crimes that do not carry a serious threat to the safety of citizens and the state as a whole.