Before the vote, Deputy Kamila Talieva addressed President Sadyr Japarov with a request to preserve titles such as People's Poet, Honored Doctor, and Honored Teacher.
Japarov noted that there was previously a practice of selling titles for amounts ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 dollars. He also mentioned cases where individuals who had performed only two songs became people's artists, while many elders and teachers who had worked hard in their fields remained without awards. As a result of the audit, such situations were identified, and 200-300 people were awarded.
According to the president, the administration proposed to reduce the number of titles from 47 to 20, leaving the parliament the right to further change this number, even reducing it to ten.
According to the approved bill, honorary titles will be awarded to both citizens of Kyrgyzstan and foreigners or stateless persons for their outstanding contributions to the development of various sectors.
State prizes will be awarded to citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic for significant discoveries and scientific achievements, as well as for outstanding creative works.
The bill introduces the following categories of state awards:
1. The highest state award – "Кыргыз Республикасынын Эл Баатыры" ("Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic");
2. Special state award – "Эмгек Баатыры" ("Hero of Labor").
3. State awards of the first category:
- 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 "Ardak";
- Medal "Ene Danky".
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл мугалими" ("People's Teacher");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл врачы" ("People's Doctor");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл артисти" ("People's Artist");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл жазуучусу" ("People's Writer");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл акыны" ("People's Poet");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын эл сүрөтчүсү" ("People's Painter");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын жаратманы" ("Figure of the Kyrgyz Republic");
- "Кыргыз Республикасынын сыймыгы" ("Honor of the Kyrgyz Republic").
- State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic named after Kasym Tynystanov in the field of science and technology;
- State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic named after Toktogul in the field of literature and art.
