KYRGYZ OFFICIAL DENIES PRESIDENT GAVE ORDERS TO FIRE ON DEMONSTRATORS
By empty (5/2/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Presidential adviser Bolot Djanuzakov denied on 30 that President Askar Akaev gave orders to police to open fire on demonstrators in Djalalabad\'s Aksy Raion on 17 March, RFE/RL\'s Bishkek bureau reported. He described the 29 April allegation by the Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights that Akaev had issued such orders as \"lies and slander\". Presidential press secretary Ilyas Bekbolotov said that only politicians’ intent on destabilizing the domestic political situation could make such allegations.Visit also
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