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Monday, 09 September 2002

KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO IMPOSE THREE-MONTH BAN ON MEETINGS

Published in News Digest

By empty (9/9/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)

In the wake of the grenade attack on Security Council Secretary and acting presidential administration head Misir Ashyrkulov, the government issued a decree on 7 September on urgent measures to prevent the destabilization of the situation in Kyrgyzstan, akipress.org reported. On 9 September, Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev submitted to the Legislative Assembly (the lower chamber of parliament) a bill imposing a three-month moratorium on all public marches, meetings, and rallies.
In the wake of the grenade attack on Security Council Secretary and acting presidential administration head Misir Ashyrkulov, the government issued a decree on 7 September on urgent measures to prevent the destabilization of the situation in Kyrgyzstan, akipress.org reported. On 9 September, Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev submitted to the Legislative Assembly (the lower chamber of parliament) a bill imposing a three-month moratorium on all public marches, meetings, and rallies. But Ata-Meken Party Chairman Omurbek Tekebaev and Ar-Namys Party Deputy Chairman Emil Aliev protested that both the government decree and the draft bill violate the constitution and the right to assembly. (Interfax)
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