The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Parliament has approved, in the first reading, a package of draft constitutional laws aimed at restructuring the country’s political system, including legislation on the President, the Kurułtai (Congress in Kazakh), elections, and the formation of a new People’s Council. Mazhilis Chair Yerlan Koshanov and Senate Chair Maulen Ashimbayev. Pho…