Website launched in Kyrgyzstan to collect signatures in protest against constitutional amendments

AKIPRESS.COM - The website stop-referendum-kg.com has been launched in Kyrgyzstan where any citizen may sign the online petition in protest against proposed constitutional amendments.
This information came from lawyer Tatybubu Ergeshbaeva at the briefing of community of lawyers "Hasty constitutional reform: lawfulness and justification".
The website authors urge all Kyrgyzstanis to unite and to stand together for rule of law, democracy, secularism, sovereignty and freedom. They urge representatives of line state bodies to respect laws and constitutional order in the country.
The petition demands to recall the draft law on constitutional referendum; to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in time; from authorities to act in line with the Constitution and effective laws.
On October 23, acting President Sadyr Japarov signed the law postponing repeat parliamentary elections, which were earlier scheduled for December 20 by the Central Election Commission, until completion of the constitutional reform.
On November 17, the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan brought up the draft of the Constitution for public discussion. 80 MPs initiated the draft law on constitutional referendum, the author of the draft of the Constitution was not named.
The proposed draft of the Constitution extends presidential powers. The President will be head of state and executive power. He will determine internal and foreign policy, will determine structure and composition of the government. He may be elected for two consecutive 5-year terms. The number of MPs is cut from 120 to 90.