After the meeting, members of opposition issued statements directed to the UN, OSCE and other international organizations. Opposition members demanded President Akaev’s resignation, and raised an issue over the people accountable for the tragedy. They demanded that Felix Kulov, imprisoned oppositionist, should be freed from jail; Usen Sydykov should be allowed to run in Kara-Kulja parliamentary elections; officials who deported people from Aksy, Kara-Kulja and Uzgen should be punished; legal suits of opposition mass media be stopped; and March 17th should be officially recognized as a Day of Remembrance of Aksy event victims.

At the same time in Bishkek, parliamentarians were not allowed to pay their respect to their countrymen and countrywoman who suffered from the Aksy event. The Government prior to that day took certain steps to avoid mass public gatherings because of the mourning day. The main (AlaToo) Square was closed off, officially due to the preparation process for the upcoming Nooruz Spring Festivity of March 21, but the nearest Old square in front of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) was stuffed by trucks and construction equipment. Several parliamentarians commemorated the victims and read the Quran under the noise of construction machines and screaming music from the main square.

After the Remembrance Day, a number of opposition members gave interviews and press conferences about the Aksy event. Adakhan Madumarov, active oppositionist parliamentarian, blamed the government for the Aksy event; he appreciates the help of people who brought him a copy of the videotape that shows the Kyrgyz police shooting demonstrators. Without the videotape, people would never know the truth, because state owned television and newspapers did not mention a word about the murder of innocent people. But he did not mention their names in order to avoid their persecution. Madumarov believes that Askar Akaev was being a “enemy to his own people” by not taking part at the mourning process, and by doing so, ruining people’s trust in government.

During the press conference given by the Rememberance Day participants, journalists were told about the fact that the victims’ parents pledged “they would protest in front of Government House”, warning that “if the government wanted to shut them up, they (government) would also have to kill them like their sons”.

This event might further destabilize the situation in the country and strengthen the opposition movement. Although the results of the recent Referendum show that Akaev possesses legitimacy and approval of Constitutional reforms, people keep joining the opposition. Since new legislation obliges ‘protestors’ to attain a written permission from authorities to hold demonstration, people tend to move towards breaking the laws of their own state in seek for justice and truth.