Mazhilis (Lower Chamber) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved in the first reading the draft law “On the territorial defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
The purpose of the bill is to increase the country’s defense capacity, ensure the security of the population, territorial defense objects and the protection of the territory of the republic during mobilization, martial law and in wartime.
The bill introduces new concepts for the Kazakhstani defense system: “Formation of self -defense” and “volunteer”. Self -defense formation is formed by local military authorities during martial law and in wartime.
“Volunteers in the bill are provided. Their use is included in the combat missions, the tasks of ensuring and auxiliary tasks, based on certain functions that they will perform. If volunteers will fulfill combat missions, they will be provided with the Ministry of Defense. Providing volunteers from Auxiliary rear units will be assigned to local executive bodies, ”said the Vice Minister of Defense Sultan Kamaletdinov, whose words will be brought by the agency Kazinform.