Currently, a draft law concerning "State Awards, Honorary Titles, and State Prizes of the Kyrgyz Republic" is being discussed in the Jogorku Kenesh.
The idea for the document was proposed by the Prime Minister. At a recent meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, it was reviewed and received approval considering the opinions of the deputies.
The proposal involves reducing the number of state awards from 46 to 20.
Deputy Minister of Justice Kuban Kazakov notes that there are currently 46 different state awards, prizes, and titles in the country.
According to available data, over the past 15 years, 1,034 state awards, 2,837 honorary certificates, and 2,215 honorary titles have been awarded, excluding the "Batyr Ene" order and the "Ene Danky" medal.
Kazakov emphasizes that such a number of awards can lead to a decrease in their value due to the widespread practice of awarding them.
"In this regard, we propose to retain only 20 awards in the new draft law," he added.
Highest category of state awards:
- "Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic" — the highest degree of distinction.
- "Hero of the Fatherland";
- "Hero of Labor".
- Order of "Manas" I degree;
- Order of "Manas" II degree;
- Order of "Manas" III degree;
- Order of "Kurmanjan Datka";
- Order of "Erdik";
- Order of "Dank";
- Order of "Dostuk";
- Order of "Batyr Ene".
- Medal "Dank";
- Medal "Ene Danky".
- "People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic";
- "People's Writer of the Kyrgyz Republic";
- "People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic";
- "Creative Person of the Kyrgyz Republic";
- "Pride of the Kyrgyz Republic".
- State Prize in the field of science and technology;
- State Prize named after Toktogul in the field of literature and art.
Deputy Marlen Mamataliyev expressed concerns about the possible degradation of the status of the "Deserved" title.
The exclusion of the title "People's Poet" was also criticized. While the titles "People's Writer" and "People's Artist" remain, Deputy Janarbek Akayev emphasized the need to also preserve the title "People's Akin," which should not be abolished.
"The title 'People's Akin of the Kyrgyz Republic' should not be canceled, as awarding the title 'People's Writer' would be inappropriate for akins," he added.
The People's Poet of Kyrgyzstan, writer, and playwright Mendi Mamazairova, despite her 82 years of age, aims to create a new significant work that surpasses all previous ones to be worthy of awards.
In turn, the head of the information policy service of the presidential administration, Daiyrbek Orunbekov, noted that deputies can make changes to the draft law during the discussion.
Additionally, the State Secretary of Kyrgyzstan, Arslan Koychiev, emphasized in a radio broadcast on NTRK that the awarding of prizes should reflect continuity and consistency as symbols of the continuation of the nation and statehood.
He also noted that the current award system requires changes and should be elevated to a new qualitative level.
"There is criticism regarding the fact that undeserving individuals receive awards. The selection criteria need to be reviewed, and I support this position as one of the initiators of the reform of the award system. If changes do not occur, dissatisfaction among the population will grow. We must create a system with high requirements," Koychiev added.
The State Secretary agreed with the opinions that the names of outstanding poets, such as Aaly Tokombaev and Suyunbai Eraliyev, should be preserved in history, and the disappearance of their honorary titles would be inappropriate. He pointed out the need to raise the requirements for receiving such titles.
