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Deposed Kyrgyz President Bakiyev refutes resignation

RIA Novosti

21/04/201016:40

MINSK, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has denied claims made by the Central Asian Republic's interim government that he has resigned from his post as president and said was ready to answer to the law.

"There is no power which will make me resign from the presidential post," he said.

Uprisings broke out in Kyrgyzstan on April 6, spreading across the country and lasting several days. Bakiyev was deposed and an interim government was formed under Roza Otumbayeva. Bakiyev fled to neighboring Kazakhstan on April 15.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Tuesday that Bakiyev had arrived in Minsk on Belarus's invitation and pledged to provide "personal" protection to the ousted president.

Bakiyev called on Wednesday for world leaders not to recognize the Kyrgyz interim government and expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in the uprisings.

"Kyrgyzstan will not be anyone's colony. It will continue to build a democratic state," he said.

Kyrgyz interim Deputy Prime Minister Temir Sariyev said Bakiyev should call for his entourage to stop their attempts to organize riots.

Sariyev in an interview to the Kyrgyz 24.kg news agency also expressed his hope that the new government would dismantle the authoritarian regime, establish a balanced governmental system based on elections and free will, and would follow an open, transparent economic policy.

Earlier on Wednesday, Kyrgyz interim Prime Minister Roza Otunbayeva ordered police to shoot and kill looters in the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic.

On Monday morning, some 2,000 people armed with sticks set several cars on fire and threw rocks at houses in the northern suburbs of Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, claiming their right for land in local villages. Five people were killed, including a Kazakh and Azerbaijani residents, and at least 30 injured in clashes with villagers.

According to Kyrgyz law, citizens are allowed to protect their property using weapons.

On Wednesday morning, the militia in the Kyrgyz capital was mobilized to restrain squatters in suburbs near Bishkek.

Otunbayeva has called for people in the country to remain calm, prevent provocations, and fight arsonists and others trying to destroy public peace and interethnic harmony.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will present a report on the situation in Kyrgyzstan at the next meeting of the Collective Security Council, which date has so far not been determined, the press secretary of the organization, Vital Strugovets, said adding that the decision of using the collective rapid reaction forces to stabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan will be made on the Collective Security Council level.