Deposed Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the village of Teyit, in Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan, 11 Apr 2010
Finally, after five years of corrupt misrule, Kurmanbek Bakiyev is gone for good.
Posted on 04/16/2010 6:37:01 AM PDT by myknowledge
The deposed president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiev, has flown out of the country, ending a week-long standoff with the interim government. The Associated Press is reporting that Mr. Bakiev has formally resigned as president.
A week after fleeing the capital amid violent anti-government protests, President Bakiev boarded a military aircraft at Jalal-Abad in the southern part of the country and left Kyrgyzstan.
The flight landed in Taraz in neighboring Kazakhstan.
A representative of the interim government's press office, Melis Erdjigitov, confirmed to VOA News that Mr. Bakiev had departed the country, but would not comment on his destination.
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Deposed Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the village of Teyit, in Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan, 11 Apr 2010
Finally, after five years of corrupt misrule, Kurmanbek Bakiyev is gone for good.
He’s lucky he didn’t get the Ceausescu treatment.
They’re replacing one corrupt leader with another. Otunbayeva has promised elections in 6 months. Given her friendliness with Medvedev and Putin, I think we already know the outcome.
I would like to see the same thing happen here after we get Congress back and a Republican Speaker.
Post-Soviet Central Asia has always and will always be a hotbed of corrupt dictatorships.
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