Kyrgyz protesters storm provincial government office
Another Orange Revolution Hits the Skids
Press TV – April 6, 2010
Protesters scuffle with police in Talas, Kyrgyzstan on April 6.
Protesters have stormed a provincial government office in Talas city, Kyrgyzstan, demanding the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Talas Governor Beishen Bolotbekov had been taken hostage when demonstrators seized a local government office, Reuters quoted local opposition leaders and witnesses as saying.
However, Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov told reporters in the capital Bishkek that the governor had not been captured and vowed to use force to prevent any further unrest.
Discontent in the former Soviet republic has been on the rise due to what the opposition says is growing public frustration with corruption, nepotism, and high [utility] prices.
The unrest is of particular concern to the US, which operates an important air base in Kyrgyzstan supporting operations against the Taliban in nearby Afghanistan.
The leader of the Ata-Meken opposition party stated that military bases have become more active.
“Helicopters and planes are taking off and landing all the time,” Omurbek Tekebayev said. “We do not rule out that the government may use military force against civilians,” he added.
Tekebayev said that Ata-Meken vice chairman Bolot Sherniyazov was arrested on Tuesday morning, creating a wave of protests.
The protesters demanded that Sherniyazov be released and soon the authorities were forced to acquiesce to their demands.
BISHKEK, March 17 (Reuters) – Thousands of Kyrgyz protesters threatened on Wednesday to oust President Kurmanbek Bakiyev if he failed to accede to their demands within a week, five years exactly after violent protests propelled him to power.[…]
Chanting “Down with Bakiyev!”, more than 3,000 protesters rallied in the capital Bishkek to express their discontent with his rule, in the biggest street protest in about three years.
“The authorities don’t listen to us. If they continue to ignore us … we will seize power,” opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev told the roaring crowd, as some waved flags and shouted “We have to oust this government”.
At the rally, the opposition gave Bakiyev until March 24 to “release political prisoners”, “stop repressions”, abolish high utility fees and conform with a range of other demands.
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