Monday, 10 October 2005

KYRGYZ DEPUTY SUGGESTS YEAR-LONG MORATORIUM ON PROTESTS

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By empty (10/10/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Chairman of the Kyrgyz parliamentary Committee on State System and Law, Kambaraly Kongantiyev, has suggested a yearlong moratorium on protests, rallies and marches in Kyrgyzstan. \"The situation is unstable, so the republic needs a yearlong moratorium on protests,\" Kongantiyev said in parliament on Monday. \"The moratorium is inevitable.
Chairman of the Kyrgyz parliamentary Committee on State System and Law, Kambaraly Kongantiyev, has suggested a yearlong moratorium on protests, rallies and marches in Kyrgyzstan. \"The situation is unstable, so the republic needs a yearlong moratorium on protests,\" Kongantiyev said in parliament on Monday. \"The moratorium is inevitable. It does mean a deviation from democracy or a violation of civil rights and freedoms. It is an objective necessity and the only way to stabilize the situation in the country,\" he said. Kongantiyev suggested that parliament draft a moratorium resolution and submit it to the president for approval. (Interfax)
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