An extraordinary session of the Milli Mejlis

On June 20, the parliament (Milli Majlis) began the first extraordinary session, the agenda of which includes 26 questions. Among them is the change in the law "On State Secrets".

The present wording of Article 21.4.3 provides formal consent of a carrier of secrets for temporary (up to 5 years) restriction of his right to travel abroad and security of person. However, after the modification, restriction of rights comes into force without the formal consent of the carrier.

The draft amendments were introduced Article 21.5-1. According to the current wording of Article 21.5 the body checking appropriateness of admission of a citizen to state secrets is not defined. Now the ban on the investigation in the archives may be imposed by "the prosecutor's office and other state authorities, the relevant executive authorities."

Also defined is the set of reasons for the prohibition of research related to state secrets. According to the new wording of Article 23, the grounds include: the court's decision disabled researchers, a certificate of conviction for crimes against the security and the foundations of the state, and diseases that do not allow work with archival documents.

The rationale for the prohibition also includes permanent residence abroad and "identify actions that could endanger public safety." The last abstract point is the basis for the prohibition of any studies by unreliable individual.

The agenda also includes discussion of amendments to the Civil Code, the Code of Administrative Violations, the Urban Planning codes, as well as to the laws "On Roads", "On State Duty", "On mandatory insurance", "On intelligence and counterintelligence" and other legislative acts.

According to the regulations of the Milli Mejlis, the spring session of Parliament quits May 31. To convene an extraordinary session signatures of two thirds of the deputies have to be collected. -17D-