Kyrgyz parliamentarians due in Moscow
3/4/2005 7:46
A delegation from the parliament of Kyrgyzstan will leave the capital Bishkek
Saturday night for Moscow to negotiate with the country's ousted president Askar
Akayev on his resignation, the parliamentary press office said Saturday. The
delegation, headed by Parliament Speaker Omurbek Tekebayev, will negotiate with
Akayev, now in Moscow, on details concerning his resignation, the office said in
a statement. Akayev, who fled the country amid strong opposition protests
last week, has hinted that he wants to return and might resign if his security
is guaranteed. Kyrgyzstan's constitution requires the president to return to
Kyrgyzstan and announce his resignation to all members of parliament. Earlier
in the day, the chairwomen of the Kyrgyz Constitutional Court Cholpon Bayekova
raised the possibility of Akayev's resigning abroad by saying that
representatives of the parliament could go to Russia to collect and return with
his resignation documents. Akayev, Kyrgyz president for the past 14 years,
fled his country on March 24 when opposition supporters stormed the main
government building in Bishkek. The opposition claimed Akayev rigged recent
parliamentary polls to pave the way for winning a further presidential term
later this year.
Xinhua
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