{"id":1681,"date":"2018-04-22T00:44:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T00:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2018-04-22T00:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T00:44:31","slug":"kyrgyzstan-cannot-find-its-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2018\/04\/22\/kyrgyzstan-cannot-find-its-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgyzstan cannot find its constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/kyrgyzstan-constitution-lost-cannot-find-central-asia-a7373171.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-content-column\">\n<div id=\"gigya-share-btns-2_gig_containerParent\" class=\"text-wrapper\">\n<p>Politicians in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kyrgyzstan\">Kyrgyzstan<\/a>\u00a0have lost the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged during a debate over planned changes to the law that nobody in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/CentralAsia\">central Asian<\/a>\u00a0country knew\u00a0where the original document was.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent version of the constitution was approved by referendum in June 2010, when changes were made to give more authority to parliament and diminish the power of the president.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_cm-css-reset\" class=\"_cm-div\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"relatedlinkslist inline-block-related-list inline-block-left click-tracking-processed\">\n<h2 class=\"box-title\">READ MORE<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relatedlinkslist-content\">\n<ul class=\"related\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/hina-embassy-explosion-attack-kyrgyzstan-dead-killed-latest-a7215931.html\">Deadly explosion at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/british-man-faces-five-years-in-prison-after-calling-a-local-delicacy-horse-penis-in-kyrgyzstan-a6794611.html\">Kyrgyzstan arrests British man for calling delicacy &#8216;horse penis&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-kyrgyzstan-sew-up-their-mouths-6296125.html\">Prisoners on hunger strike in Kyrgyzstan sew up their mouths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On 19 October members of the Kyrgyz parliament queried the exact location of the original copy of the document during a debate on whether to\u00a0allow another referendum to take place in December, which could result in the consistution being amended again.<\/p>\n<p>Some commentators have suggested the mystery of the missing document is a ruse to distract the population from concerns over planned changes to basic law in the country, which has a turbulent recent political past.\u00a0In spring 2010, parliament was ransacked in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/the-nepotism-that-sparked-a-revolution-1940745.html\">revolution which overthrew president Kurmanbek Bakiyev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Minister Jyldyz Mambetalieva said her office had a copy of the 2010 constitution, but that the original is held by the presidential administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"connatix\">\n<div id=\"cnx-adUnit-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-image\">\n<div id=\"cnx-video-image\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ratio\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-video-content\">\n<div id=\"80aacf917ad6ab39453c1524357839543\">\n<div class=\"resize-triggers\">\n<div class=\"expand-trigger\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contract-trigger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-triggers\">\n<div class=\"expand-trigger\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contract-trigger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-content\">\n<div class=\"cnx-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/kyrgyzstan-constitution-lost-cannot-find-central-asia-a7373171.html\">Independent &#8211; 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Now the minister is confirming that there is no original. That raises the question: where is the original?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abdyldasev added he had seen an archived decree on the constitution and a draft of the document that was later adopted by referendum, but never an actual signed version of the constitution itself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mediaembed\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Farid Niyazov, head of President Almazbek Atambayev\u2019s administration, told the\u00a0<em>24.kg<\/em>\u00a0news agency a master copy might not even exist:\u00a0although the law was approved by referendum, he said he believed\u00a0it was never actually signed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any other country, of course, after the announcement of a public vote, the head of state should endorse the approved text,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it so happens that this text has no signature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omurbek Tekebayev, a leading member of the 2010 interim government and a\u00a0critic of the proposed amendments, told local media the whereabouts of the original hard copy of the document was a technicality and of little consequence\u00a0since the text\u00a0published in official newspapers and put to the referendum should be considered the definitive reference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-gallery\">\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-rendered\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"container grid-mod-gallery\">\n<div class=\"images\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-gallery\">\n<div class=\"scroller\">\n<h2 class=\"gallery-title\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"images\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu mpu5-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The proposed amendments to the constitution would see the prime minister given more power, at the expense of parliament. This has raised suspicion\u00a0the incumbent president, who is limited constitutionally to one presidential term ending in 2017, could\u00a0be preparing for his immediate entourage to retain their\u00a0grip on\u00a0power.<\/p>\n<p>Critics are also concerned about a clause concerning\u00a0\u201csupreme state values\u201d which could erode individual human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Despite confusion\u00a0over the location or even formal existence of the 2010 constitution, MPs on 19 October overwhelming approved the second reading of a bill to hold a referendum in\u00a0December, which means the vote is extremely likely to go ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"box-comments\">\n<div id=\"commentsDiv\" class=\"gig-comments-container\">\n<div class=\"gig-comments-comments\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-data\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-replies\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-data\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-self-data\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-footer\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-footer-right gig-comment-vote-posneg\">\n<div class=\"gig-comment-vote-pos\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gig-comment-vote-neg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gig-comment-replies\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right-hand-column \">\n<div class=\"sidebar\">\n<aside class=\"layout-component layout-component-mpu\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu mpu-container mpu0-container\">\n<div id=\"mpu0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/kyrgyzstan-constitution-lost-cannot-find-central-asia-a7373171.html &nbsp; Politicians in\u00a0Kyrgyzstan\u00a0have lost the country\u2019s constitution. It emerged during a debate over planned changes to the law that nobody in the\u00a0central Asian\u00a0country knew\u00a0where the original document was. 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