First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Yerlan Karin said that the country's development and well-being largely depend on the personal culture of citizens and the formation of a new public ethics. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
According to Karin, many conflicts in society arise not from objective disagreements, but from disrespect for others, bad manners, and failure to observe basic norms of behavior.
"A society with an internal culture and stable moral principles is able to withstand various challenges of our time," Karin wrote.
He noted that disputes and conflicts should be prevented primarily through the development of personal culture. Karin included respectful attitude towards each other, conscientiousness at work, compliance with the law, and maintaining cleanliness and order as its manifestations.
In his opinion, changing public habits and improving the quality of the nation cannot be achieved in a short period or through ideological campaigns alone.
"Such changes cannot be achieved with beautiful slogans. Therefore, today it is more important not to engage in formal propaganda, but to consistently implement concrete measures," he noted.
Karin recalled that on the instructions of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, work in this direction is being carried out gradually in Kazakhstan. Schools have introduced a unified educational program "Adal Azamat", a law on countering vandalism was adopted, protection of natural objects was strengthened, and norms regulating the concealment of faces in public places were introduced.
In addition, the country banned profanity in public places, tightened requirements for compliance with traffic rules, and provided for liability for insulting the honor and dignity of citizens on social networks.
Karin separately emphasized the role of legal mechanisms in the formation of public ethics. As an example, he cited the practice of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which began openly reporting on bringing social media users to responsibility for dangerous pranks, insults, and provocative acts committed for popularity.
"Such measures against violators should undoubtedly become a warning for others," he wrote.
Earlier, Kursiv reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought nine social media users to administrative responsibility for dangerous pranks, insults, profanity, and other illegal content. Among them were bloggers from Astana, Almaty, Shymkent, and Zhambyl region who staged provocations for views and donations, and also caused physical harm to each other during live streams.
Later, in the Abai region, a 26-year-old streamer was arrested for 10 days for a live broadcast with profanity, indecent behavior, and mention of drugs. In Aktobe, police brought a 38-year-old man to responsibility after posting a video with profanity on TikTok and Instagram, but the type of punishment was not specified. In the Almaty region, a 22-year-old author of similar content was arrested for five days for demonstrative disrespect for public behavior norms.