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Friday, 12 September 2003
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE CONFIRMS PRESIDENT CANNOT RUN AGAIN
By empty (9/12/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Government Affairs Committee of the lower house of Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament confirmed on 11 September that President Askar Akaev is not eligible to run for president again in 2005, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. According to committee Chairman Absamat Masaliev, Akaev\'s present term is illegal. The Kyrgyz Constitution allows a president only two terms in office, but the Kyrgyz Supreme Court ruled prior to the last presidential election that Akaev\'s first two terms should not be counted, because those elections took place before the adoption of the present constitution.
The Government Affairs Committee of the lower house of Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament confirmed on 11 September that President Askar Akaev is not eligible to run for president again in 2005, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. According to committee Chairman Absamat Masaliev, Akaev\'s present term is illegal. The Kyrgyz Constitution allows a president only two terms in office, but the Kyrgyz Supreme Court ruled prior to the last presidential election that Akaev\'s first two terms should not be counted, because those elections took place before the adoption of the present constitution. Akaev has said repeatedly that he will not run in 2005, but the opposition is distrustful. (RFE/RL)