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Kyrgyz president vows to prevent Ukraine-type revolution in election year

Kyrghyz President Askar Akayev has been lately in the forefront of Central Asian countries calling for vigilance against US-sponsored subversion of the "civil society", as in Ukraine and Georgia. The pro-government Kyrgyzstan Slovo newspaper commented on the Ukraine events: "The big players in world politics are showing their true colors - the usual diplomatic speeches about non-interference in the affairs of a sovereign state have been abandoned." The presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took an open stance against the US-engineered developments in Georgia and Ukraine.
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It is no secret that in these ‘democratic’ elections the United States is exercising a general influence with massive funding flowing to the candidate of choice and that whoever has access to this financial means is able to profit personally and win with the assistance of the most modern technical aids and advertising techniques available.

The countries that recognize this U.S. production so laughingly called democracy and turn away from its corruption ironically will experience the greater freedom. What good does it do a country to hold an election when the results are so heavily manipulated? What advantage is there for a country to elect officials who must put the needs of their benefactor, Washington, first?
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Kyrgyz president vows to prevent Ukraine-type revolution in election year
Dec 26, 16:13

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – On Dec. 25, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev accused the West of sponsoring revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia and vowed to prevent similar scenarios in his ex-Soviet country as it holds parliamentary and presidential elections next year.

"We need to reject political forces who want to repeat the revolutionary scenarios that were used in Georgia and Ukraine and funded by Western financial groups," Akayev said in a live phone-in television session.

Akayev, who pledged to step down next year, has been alarmed by opposition protests in Georgia last year that brought down a Soviet-era leader and the recent mass protests in Ukraine that forced authorities to admit election fraud.

Kyrgyzstan is to hold parliamentary elections in February and a presidential vote in October. Akayev, president for two consecutive terms, is barred by the constitution from running again.

But Akayev, who has led the country since 1990, has circumvented the law to extend his power in the past. Elections since Kyrgyzstan's independence in 1991 have never been recognized as free and fair.

The opposition has said it will support peaceful protests if election fraud is discovered.

Akayev on Dec. 25 denounced such statements as "blackmail," saying that his government was "making every effort to make (the upcoming) elections transparent, open and fair."

At the same time he warned the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which will observe the Kyrgyz elections, and other international organizations against interference in next year's election process.

"We are against attempts by observers to act like superintendents in our election process," he said.

Akayev also used his television appearance to publicly announce for the first time the political ambitions of his daughter, Bermet Akayeva.

"She wants to create a new party that would include politicians of a new generation," Akayev said.

Akayeva is already said to be behind the pro-government Alga, Kyrgyzstan party, or Go Forward Kyrgyzstan, that involves many officials and public figures loyal to Akayev.

She is expected to run for parliament in February, although no formal announcement has been made.




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