Bishkek (AsiaNews / Agencies) - The interim leader of Kyrgyzstan, Rosa Otunbaieva (see photo), has asked the deposed president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, to leave the country, assuring him his "personnel security ".
Bakiyev has fled south, where he attempts to regain power through appeals and complaints. Yesterday, through some media, he launched accusations that the new government would "kill" him if he returned to Bishkek, while at the same time proposing a "dialogue" with what he calls "the opposition". For today, in Jalalabad, his feudal stronghold, a meeting between all his supporters is planned.
Bakiyev came to power in March 2005 after a revolution tainted by violence. But now he has become unpopular for his authoritarian rule, cronyism and corruption, having impoverished the country.
The new interim government has ensured that the one of its reforms will involve the political system because the current one gives the president "dictatorial powers". "Kyrgyzstan - said Omurbek Tekebaiev, a member of the new government - will become a parliamentary republic." The new government seems to have met the tacit approval of Russia, the United States, Europe, China and the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation) who have only asked for more dialogue between the parties and for an end to violence.