The decree, published by Akorda, rests on Article 46 and the transitional Article 95 of the new constitution. It orders the Central Election Commission to organise the vote and instructs the government and regional akims to fund and equip it without delay. It took effect on publication.
The date starts a clock of just under eight weeks. The 145 seats will be filled entirely from party lists in a single national district, with no independent candidates. The parties that will contest it finished rearranging themselves in June: the ruling Amanat folded into the new Adilet party, and three smaller parties changed leaders. An amnesty law covering non-grave offences was signed alongside the constitutional package.
Two months of rule without a legislature now run on a fixed schedule: the old parliament’s powers ended on 1 July, the new chamber convenes by 1 September, and in the gap the president can issue decrees with the force of law. The vote on 23 August decides who sits in the chamber that inherits what those decrees have built. CAW’s analysis of the system, the succession architecture and the party field ran on 1 July.