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Created
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06BISHKEK436
2006-03-30 11:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bishkek
Cable title:
CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION
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UNCLAS BISHKEK 000436
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
SUBJECT: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION
OF MOB CANDIDATE
REF: BISHKEK 419
UNCLAS BISHKEK 000436
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
SUBJECT: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION
OF MOB CANDIDATE
REF: BISHKEK 419
1. (SBU) On March 30, the Central Election Commission voted
10-0 to revoke the candidate registration of notorious mob
boss Ryspek Akmatbayev. Akmatbayev is running for parliament
from the Issykul Oblast city of Balikchy. The CEC decision
comes only nine days after its March 21 decision to approve
Akmatbayev's registration. Following the decision,
Akmatbayev's lawyer immediately vowed to challenge the CEC
verdict in the courts.
2. (SBU) The CEC voted 10-0, with one abstention, to revoke
the candidate registration of Kyrgyzstan's most feared
organized crime kingpin. In justifying the decision, the CEC
claimed that Akmatbayev had not satisfied the five-year
residency requirement, which mandates that all parliamentary
candidates spend the five years prior to their candidacy
living in Kyrgyzstan. The CEC cited as evidence Akmatbayev's
own recent admission in court that he had spent most of the
past five years hiding out from the Akayev government
throughout Central Asia and Europe.
3. (SBU) Within hours of the CEC vote, approximately 300
protesters began demonstrating in front of the Balikchy
Mayor's office in support of Akmatbayev. According to
unconfirmed press reports, Akmatbayev supporters will also
demonstrate in front of the Parliament building and White
House in Bishkek on March 31.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Akmatbayev will likely take this battle to
the courts next, where he will presumably have little problem
buying or intimidating a judge into ruling his way. But
given the extremely high profile and political significance
this case has taken on, there is no telling how it will
eventually play out.
YOVANOVITCH
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG
SUBJECT: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION
OF MOB CANDIDATE
REF: BISHKEK 419
1. (SBU) On March 30, the Central Election Commission voted
10-0 to revoke the candidate registration of notorious mob
boss Ryspek Akmatbayev. Akmatbayev is running for parliament
from the Issykul Oblast city of Balikchy. The CEC decision
comes only nine days after its March 21 decision to approve
Akmatbayev's registration. Following the decision,
Akmatbayev's lawyer immediately vowed to challenge the CEC
verdict in the courts.
2. (SBU) The CEC voted 10-0, with one abstention, to revoke
the candidate registration of Kyrgyzstan's most feared
organized crime kingpin. In justifying the decision, the CEC
claimed that Akmatbayev had not satisfied the five-year
residency requirement, which mandates that all parliamentary
candidates spend the five years prior to their candidacy
living in Kyrgyzstan. The CEC cited as evidence Akmatbayev's
own recent admission in court that he had spent most of the
past five years hiding out from the Akayev government
throughout Central Asia and Europe.
3. (SBU) Within hours of the CEC vote, approximately 300
protesters began demonstrating in front of the Balikchy
Mayor's office in support of Akmatbayev. According to
unconfirmed press reports, Akmatbayev supporters will also
demonstrate in front of the Parliament building and White
House in Bishkek on March 31.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: Akmatbayev will likely take this battle to
the courts next, where he will presumably have little problem
buying or intimidating a judge into ruling his way. But
given the extremely high profile and political significance
this case has taken on, there is no telling how it will
eventually play out.
YOVANOVITCH