Omurbek Tekebaev, the speaker of Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament, offered his resignation on 10 February, but legislators declined to include the issue on their agenda. Only 20 delegates voted in favor of putting Tekebaev\'s resignation to a vote. Just days before, Tekebaev harshly criticized President Kurmanbek Bakiev, who recently accused parliament of fomenting political instability in the country. Prosecutor-General Kambaraly Kongantiev later suggested that Tekebaev\'s comments about the president violated the law. A majority of legislators queried by akipress.org on 10 February said that while Tekebaev\'s 7 February remarks about Bakiev were overly emotional, Bakiev has not made sufficient efforts to conduct a dialogue with lawmakers. For his part, Tekebaev told akipress.org that he considers the disagreement not a political crisis, \"but rather an annoying misunderstanding.\" He said that the situation would \"resolve itself one way or another.\" (akipress.org)