Kyrgyzstan working on new constitution, prosecution of ex-leader

Bishkek - Leaders of the Kyrgyzstan interim government have announced that they are currently working on a new constitution for the country and vow to prosecute former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

On Thursday, Digital Journal reported that Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev officially resigned from office amid Parliament being dissolved, a revolting public and a possible prosecution by the opposition for his actions as President. According to the Washington Post, interim leader Roza Otunbayeva said on Friday that her temporary government was working on a new constitution for the Central Asian country and have agreed on a parliamentary republic system. Currently, members of the interim government and a working group are drafting the constitution and the self-proclaimed leader said an election is expected within the next six months, however, Reuters reports, Otunbayeva is undecided if she will run for President. “I want to be a conciliator. We don't have big strong parties, but these three parties which are leading forces of our interim government. If we are not together then we will lose the whole deal,” said Otunbayeva to a group of reporters. The new Kyrgyz leader applauded the "rare" joint effort by the United Nations, the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for their efforts to negotiate Bakiyev’s departure from Kyrgyzstan. Nevertheless, according to the Associated Press, Otunbayeva said her government will urge the UN to setup an international investigation of the violence that has been allegedly conducted by the former President, “Bakiyev won't evade justice.” “If Kurmanbek Bakiyev has no plans to hide in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan, the international community will find him and make him answer on behalf of the Kyrgyz people,” said interim Chief of Staff, Edil Baisalov.