By empty (4/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Parliamentary speaker Omurbek Tekebayev said on Friday that changes might be made to the law concerning Kyrgyzstan\'s first president that came out when Askar Akayev was in power and guaranteed him a prominent political role after leaving presidential office. \"All that the Constitution makes provision for may be changed via legislative acts,\" Tekebayev told reporters. The Constitution guarantees the Kyrgyz president and his family lifetime immunity against prosecution.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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