Resolution.
Apparently the week long rebellion has ceased in Kyrgyzstans capital.
So the latest two bites I have gotten ARE:
MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyzstan's opposition is holding a rally in Bishkek to celebrate the adoption of a new Constitution, which crowns a week of mass protests in the capital of the Central Asian country, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Thursday.
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a new Constitution Thursday that will curb his powers in favor of parliament, after a week-long opposition-led rally outside parliament gathered thousands of people demanding constitutional reform or the president's resignation.
A standoff between government and opposition supporters turned violent Tuesday, when police fired tear gas on protestors to control the mayhem.
"We have reached a compromise with the authorities for the sake of our country's stability," said Omurbek Tekebayev, co-chairman of the For Reforms opposition movement.
Under a compromise agreement drafted by opposition and pro-government lawmakers Tuesday, the president will lose the right to dissolve parliament, and parliament will gain the authority to appoint the prime minister and the Cabinet.
Addressing a jubilant public downtown numbering up to 5,000 people, Tekebayev said Kyrgyzstan will become the first parliamentary republic in Central Asia, but warned that the move will not immediately solve all the problems of the impoverished nation.
The country's ex-president Askar Akayev, who fled Kyrgyzstan in March 2005 when a 'tulip revolution' took over power in the country, congratulated the Kyrgyz people with the adoption of the new Constitution, which he said will stabilize the social and political situation and speed up the country's democratic development.
"Opposition demands are aimed at preventing the establishment of individual authoritarian power in the future," Akayev said.
He said the move will resolve the conflict between the various branches of power.
And this from today:
06:36 GMT, Nov 09, 2006 Latest Headlines...
Opposition removing tents in downtown Bishkek
BISHKEK. Nov 9 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz opposition has dismantled
almost all of the tents and yurts it put up on Bishkek's central square
on November 2, when the For Reforms! movement launched an indefinite
rally.
"Dismantling the tent camp is a gesture of goodwill," one of the
opposition's leaders and human rights activist Edil Baisalov told
Interfax, adding he hoped "all of our other demands will be met."
Fifteen yurts remain on the central square.
A major rally is to start at 2:00 p.m. local time, at which the
opposition will purportedly call off its action.
However, up to 300 supporters of the government are demonstrating
on Bishkek's Old Square, demanding that parliament be dismissed and a
new Constitution be adopted at a referendum. Unofficial reports suggest
that the authorities asked their supporters on Wednesday evening not to
stage new rallies.
tm md
So the latest two bites I have gotten ARE:
MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyzstan's opposition is holding a rally in Bishkek to celebrate the adoption of a new Constitution, which crowns a week of mass protests in the capital of the Central Asian country, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Thursday.
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed a new Constitution Thursday that will curb his powers in favor of parliament, after a week-long opposition-led rally outside parliament gathered thousands of people demanding constitutional reform or the president's resignation.
A standoff between government and opposition supporters turned violent Tuesday, when police fired tear gas on protestors to control the mayhem.
"We have reached a compromise with the authorities for the sake of our country's stability," said Omurbek Tekebayev, co-chairman of the For Reforms opposition movement.
Under a compromise agreement drafted by opposition and pro-government lawmakers Tuesday, the president will lose the right to dissolve parliament, and parliament will gain the authority to appoint the prime minister and the Cabinet.
Addressing a jubilant public downtown numbering up to 5,000 people, Tekebayev said Kyrgyzstan will become the first parliamentary republic in Central Asia, but warned that the move will not immediately solve all the problems of the impoverished nation.
The country's ex-president Askar Akayev, who fled Kyrgyzstan in March 2005 when a 'tulip revolution' took over power in the country, congratulated the Kyrgyz people with the adoption of the new Constitution, which he said will stabilize the social and political situation and speed up the country's democratic development.
"Opposition demands are aimed at preventing the establishment of individual authoritarian power in the future," Akayev said.
He said the move will resolve the conflict between the various branches of power.
And this from today:
06:36 GMT, Nov 09, 2006 Latest Headlines...
Opposition removing tents in downtown Bishkek
BISHKEK. Nov 9 (Interfax) - The Kyrgyz opposition has dismantled
almost all of the tents and yurts it put up on Bishkek's central square
on November 2, when the For Reforms! movement launched an indefinite
rally.
"Dismantling the tent camp is a gesture of goodwill," one of the
opposition's leaders and human rights activist Edil Baisalov told
Interfax, adding he hoped "all of our other demands will be met."
Fifteen yurts remain on the central square.
A major rally is to start at 2:00 p.m. local time, at which the
opposition will purportedly call off its action.
However, up to 300 supporters of the government are demonstrating
on Bishkek's Old Square, demanding that parliament be dismissed and a
new Constitution be adopted at a referendum. Unofficial reports suggest
that the authorities asked their supporters on Wednesday evening not to
stage new rallies.
tm md
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