Demonstrators in the streets of Bishkek had days ago sent packing to a Russian exile its bedeviled President Askar Askayev through yet another “people power” type of revolution. The people power phenomenon continues its stride towards more freedom and democracy in the world long after the Philippines had its own bloodless street revolution.
All is not that well in Bishkek after the departure of President Askayev where rival politicians there struggle to fill the power vacuum that soon followed. Despite of this, the former status quo in Kyrgyzstan has already been set aside in favor of a new order and we only can hope that the changes there are all for the better and none leading to the spitefulness of totalitarianism that had once ruled there.
After the success of the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine some months ago and the palpable results of mass uprising in Lebanon, we see now another step towards more freedom and democracy in Kyrgyzstan and the whole world, especially the western powers, should give proper attention to it so that whatever gain that was achieved there in the name of freedom will not be lost again.
All is not that well in Bishkek after the departure of President Askayev where rival politicians there struggle to fill the power vacuum that soon followed. Despite of this, the former status quo in Kyrgyzstan has already been set aside in favor of a new order and we only can hope that the changes there are all for the better and none leading to the spitefulness of totalitarianism that had once ruled there.
After the success of the “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine some months ago and the palpable results of mass uprising in Lebanon, we see now another step towards more freedom and democracy in Kyrgyzstan and the whole world, especially the western powers, should give proper attention to it so that whatever gain that was achieved there in the name of freedom will not be lost again.
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