#106: Constitution

Honestly, Kyrgyz politics are is becoming unpredictable. The President surprised everyone with putting his version of the constitution up for a popular vote, appointed one of the leading opposition figures, Omurbek Suvanaliev, to head his security bureau, and letting the parliament be elected through party lists (his version of the Elections Code will determine how). Nonetheless, he is so predictable. He is not proposing any fundamental changes to the system. Although some might challenge it - some already have challenged it - but the constitution keeps the system the way it is: nobody is responsible for anything. With the way system works, where the President's Chief of Staff is more powerful than the Prime Minister, but less accountable in one of the least transparent state offices, Kyrgyzstan's future will be murky. About a year ago I expressed similar dissatisfaction. I am afraid we will have to return to this issue again and again.

To be continued... meanwhile I will go back to eating my Iranian dates. Mmmm!