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Kyrgyzstan Announces October Parliamentary Elections

   VOA News 10 August 2010

   Kyrgyzstan's  interim  government  has announced the country will hold
   parliamentary  elections  on  October  10. The vote will establish the
   first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia.
   Voters   overwhelmingly   endorsed   a  new  constitution  in  a  June
   referendum,  clearing  the  way for the October elections.  Officials
   said  more  than  90  percent  of voters backed the measure that gives
   greater power to the parliament.
   The  interim  government  has  struggled  to  maintain stability since
   former  president  Kurmanbek  Bakiyev  was  deposed  in a deadly April
   uprising.   A  wave  of  ethnic  clashes  in June killed at least 350
   people.
   Interim  leader Roza Otunbayeva is set to serve as president until the
   end of 2011.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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