Member of the People's Council of Kazakhstan Murat Abenov called loans "contraception in the form of debt" and proposed temporarily suspending loan payments after the birth of a child. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
Murat Abenov believes that the birth rate in Kazakhstan is declining due to debt, high rent and low wages.
Citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics, he said that since 2021 the birth rate in Kazakhstan has decreased by 25%, 9.16 million Kazakhstanis have loans, and the accounts of 1.5 million people have been blocked.
Therefore, Murat Abenov proposed introducing interest-free credit holidays for young parents and reviewing the practice of private bailiffs blocking accounts.