"New presidential elections can only be called after talks with Akayev, otherwise it will be another anti-constitutional move," the newly-elected speaker told a brief news conference. (Xinhua/AFP)

Kyrgyzstan's new parliament speaker Omurbek Tekebayev said Monday that fresh presidential elections can be held only after talks with ousted President Askar Akayev.

"New presidential elections can only be called after talks with Akayev, otherwise it will be another anti-constitutional move," the newly-elected speaker told a brief news conference.

Before President Akayev resigns, Tekebayev said, Kyrgyzstan has two presidents, referring to the opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was elected by the old legislature as acting president and prime minister on Friday.

"Under the circumstances, the new parliament is Kyrgyzstan's only legitimate legislature," said Tekebayev, adding that if Akayev "doesn't want to resign, the parliament may call an early election."

Tekebayev also said the new parliament would consider whether the election of Bakiyev as the acting leader by the old parliament was legal.

He called Bakiyev's election was unconstitutional but noted that it was forced by the circumstances in the hours after the government takeover by opposition leaders Thursday.

Tekebayev, a veteran opposition lawmaker, was elected speaker of the new unicameral Parliament of Kyrgyzstan on Monday.

He became the only candidate when two others backed out in the last minute before a secrete ballot and won with 56 votes out of atotal of 61.

The new speaker's statement came amid a power struggle between two rival parliaments each claiming legitimacy of its own.

The old legislature has the full backing of the Supreme Court, while the newly-elected legislature, which was sworn in just two days before President Akayev was ousted, is endorsed by the Central Elections Commission.

As a sign that the new parliament is gaining the upper hand in the power duel, the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the old parliament that was seated before this year's disputed elections, announced to suspended its work on Monday.

"It's a political, not a legislative decision, made for the sake of stabilizing the situation and in the interests of the people, and in order not to set two sides of the legislative authority against each other," the speaker of the outgoing chamberIshenbai Kadyrbekov said.

He also called on the upper house to follow suit.

Tekebayev, for his part, called for the creation of a national security committee, which will work to pursue consensus of all parties and forces in current Kyrgyzstan.