Supporters of former Foreign Minister Roza Otunbaeva, co-chair of the opposition movement Ata-Jurt, announced at a press conference in Bishkek on 31 January that they have suspended their public protest to take part in the election campaigns of opposition candidates for parliament, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. Protests have taken place in Bishkek since a district election commission barred Otunbaeva on 6 January from running in the 27 February parliamentary elections. The commission argued that Otunbaeva did not meet the five-year in-country residency requirement, a provision that has kept other ex-envoys off the ballot as well. Otunbaeva told journalists at the 31 January press conference that she and other former ambassadors will appeal to the Constitutional Court in an attempt to secure the right to participate in elections. (RFE/RL)