Kyrgyz president suggests Parliament to dissolve

By Azernews

By Kamila Aliyeva

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev supported the initiative to dissolve the Parliament commenting on the statement of MP Bakyt Torobayev, the presidential press service reported on March 6.

MP Bakyt Torobayev has earlier proposed his counterparts to dissolve the Parliament, Atambayev said on March 6 during the presenting of state awards at his residence.

"He [Torobayev] wanted to help out his looter-brother; however, I would back his suggestion. I wanted to address the MPs, crows do not pick out crow's eyes. If you cannot find peace, get dissolved together with Bakyt Torobayev," said Atambayev.

Or else, the President called the Parliament to abide law, and think of the destiny of the country and work for the sake of the nation. "If you don't want peace, then people want it," stated the President.

President Atambayev said that some parliament members allege that the Boeing plane, which crashed near Bishkek in mid-January killing about 40, was carrying some cargo owned by him and that he has millions-worth of offshore property in Cyprus.

“They say that my cargo was on board, they [MPs] shout about it, but know that this is not true,” he said adding that if they were sure about it, they would have already gone to Istanbul or Hong Kong to check this information and bring evidence.

“If they do not have the means, I am willing to buy tickets for them, these are just rumors and attempts to blacken my name,” Atambaev said.

Instead of generating laws, the Parliament, according to Atambayev, has become a place of generating rumors.

Kyrgyzstan's state security service said it detained opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev on Sunday on charges of corruption and fraud. Tekebayev, 58, leads the Ata Meken (Fatherland) party's parliamentary faction.

At a session of Parliament, which addressed the issue of detention of Tekebayev, Bakyt Torobayev offered MPs to dissolve Parliament if it is not capable of solving problems.

The ex-Soviet Central Asian nation will hold a presidential election on November 19. Atambayev cannot run for re-election under the Kyrgyz constitution.