People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan
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People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan is an electoral alliance
formed on September 22, 2004 in Kyrgyzstan
. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
was chosen as the movement's Chairman at the alliance's November 5 founding congress. It was created to contest the February 2005 parliamentary elections.
Following his election as President in 2005, Bakiyev resigned as Chairman of the movement. The current leadership has been highly critical of Bakiyev since his election, notably his failure to quickly pass key reforms. It also passed a resolution on December 24, 2005 calling for the President to move towards adopting a new constitution.
The movement had the following members
Following the Tulip Revolution
of 2005, the future of the movement remains unclear
Electoral alliance
An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections...
formed on September 22, 2004 in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev is a politician who served as the second President of Kyrgyzstan, from 2005 to 2010...
was chosen as the movement's Chairman at the alliance's November 5 founding congress. It was created to contest the February 2005 parliamentary elections.
Following his election as President in 2005, Bakiyev resigned as Chairman of the movement. The current leadership has been highly critical of Bakiyev since his election, notably his failure to quickly pass key reforms. It also passed a resolution on December 24, 2005 calling for the President to move towards adopting a new constitution.
The movement had the following members
- Party of Communists of KyrgyzstanParty of Communists of KyrgyzstanThe Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. PKK was founded on June 22, 1992.It was the largest single party in the Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan between 2001 and 2005 with 15 of the 60 seats. Since 2005 it has only 1 of 75 seats. It was led by Absamat...
- Communist Party of KyrgyzstanCommunist Party of KyrgyzstanThe Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. KPK was founded on August 21, 1999, following a split in the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan.KPK did not participate in the 2000 parliamentary elections....
- Republican Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Asaba
- Kairran
- Democratic Movement of KyrgyzstanDemocratic Movement of KyrgyzstanDemocratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan is a political party currently active in Kyrgyzstan. The party's current Chairman is Jypar Jeksheev , who is also the founder of the movement...
- Erkindik
- Erkin Kyrgyzstan
- New Kyrgyzstan
Following the Tulip Revolution
Tulip Revolution
The Tulip Revolution or First Kyrgyz Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005...
of 2005, the future of the movement remains unclear