Kyrgyzstan government 'resigns'

[Anti Federalist]

Kyrgyzstan government 'resigns'

The Kyrgyz opposition claims it has forced the Central Asian country's government to resign after a day of violent protests.

Galina Skripkina, a senior official in the opposition Social-Democratic Party, said: "We have reached an agreement that the government will resign. That has not been signed on paper yet."

He added that President Kurmanbek Bakiyev had left the capital Bishkek amid growing violence and flown to the southern city of Osh.

Another opposition leader, Temir Sariyev, said the opposition had entered the government building in central Bishkek and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov had written a resignation statement, according to local reports.


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100407/twl-kyrgyzstan-government-resigns-41f21e0.html

[Anti Federalist]

Thought violent protests never solved anything...

[Vessol]

Now watch how free and open the "opposition" is.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.-George Orwell

[pcosmar]

I'm still watching this, and it may not be over.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-fg-kyrgyzstan9-2010apr09,0,3790941.story

http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&ncl=d3X65LbvcaNa32MrITgCSbyg83pMM&topic=h

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/fate-of-us-air-base-in-kyrgyzstan-remains-uncertain/1

eyes and ears open.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Kyrgyzstan government 'resigns'

The Kyrgyz opposition claims it has forced the Central Asian country's government to resign after a day of violent protests.

Galina Skripkina, a senior official in the opposition Social-Democratic Party, said: "We have reached an agreement that the government will resign. That has not been signed on paper yet."

He added that President Kurmanbek Bakiyev had left the capital Bishkek amid growing violence and flown to the southern city of Osh.

Another opposition leader, Temir Sariyev, said the opposition had entered the government building in central Bishkek and Kyrgyz Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov had written a resignation statement, according to local reports.


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100407/twl-kyrgyzstan-government-resigns-41f21e0.html

let me guess. are the opposition marxists?

[brandon]

Another group of criminals will just take their place. Watch and see....

[Pericles]

Thought violent protests never solved anything...

You can solve a wide variety of problems with automatic weapons.

[pcosmar]

You can solve a wide variety of problems with automatic weapons.


"Any problem on earth can be solved with the careful application of high explosives. "
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/phwnprwjgn--Solved-with-explosivesValkyrie-

Great Quote.

but then Alfred Nobel invented dynamite for peaceful purposes.

[Aratus]

the de facto gov't now quits, the next gov't mayhap might be 'de jure' for one?

[Cowlesy]

"If you do not vote for him he will Take Power." - Borat Sagdiyev



(not to confuse Kahzikstan and Kyrgistan)

[fisharmor]

Another group of criminals will just take their place. Watch and see....

I'm not so sure.

Check out Kyrgyzstan's wikipedia page... their history apparently stopped when they were conquered by Ghengis in 1207, and restarted again when they were incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1876.

A lot can happen in 670 years. I don't think many people know a whole lot about the Kyrgyz people. Most don't know what a Kipchak was, let alone the difference between a Cuman Kipchak and a Kyrgyz Kipchak.

I read somewhere that there are ruins of whole cities in that area that we know absolutely nothing about....

...the point being, this is a people who haven't been allowed to be themselves for a long time. We can't be sure what'll happen.

[Stary Hickory]

They are broken people. Most all of the FSU countries are tainted with the old soviet mentality. Not likely that any kind of freedom movement will happen, they are looking for a more omnipotent leader....they are not seeking to lead themselves.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

I'm not so sure.

Check out Kyrgyzstan's wikipedia page... their history apparently stopped when they were conquered by Ghengis in 1207, and restarted again when they were incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1876.

A lot can happen in 670 years. I don't think many people know a whole lot about the Kyrgyz people. Most don't know what a Kipchak was, let alone the difference between a Cuman Kipchak and a Kyrgyz Kipchak.

I read somewhere that there are ruins of whole cities in that area that we know absolutely nothing about....

...the point being, this is a people who haven't been allowed to be themselves for a long time. We can't be sure what'll happen.

and maybe no one cares.....

[fisharmor]

and maybe no one cares.....

Just like no one cares about what Iraq went through before we got there, and no one cares that Afghanistan has a pretty solid track record with conquering armies.

The people who live there care about themselves. But unfortunately it's practically a mathematical certainty that nobody outside Kyrgyzstan will care who they are or what they want.

[andrewh817]

Thought violent protests never solved anything...

Violence only solves the problem of self-defense. People's values have to change for a societal change to be sustainable.

[fisharmor]

Heh, apparently Kyrgyzstan's Tulip revolution in 2005 went down similarly.
Apparently revolution actually is a value of theirs.

Jefferson said we need a revolution every 20 years. The Kyrgyz people could be just four times as on the ball as Jefferson....

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Heh, apparently Kyrgyzstan's Tulip revolution in 2005 went down similarly.
Apparently revolution actually is a value of theirs.

Jefferson said we need a revolution every 20 years. The Kyrgyz people could be just four times as on the ball as Jefferson....

except their economic rating is abysmal

ranks 80 on the heritage.org list http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/KyrgyzRepublic

Thomas Jefferson would not be proud, that's for sure.