What Future Will Kyrgyzstan Choose?

The main issue that Kyrgyzstan will have to solve electing the President on July 23, 2009 is the country's future rather than a new person in President's office. That's why it is important to realize what options Kyrgyzstan will have.

What has Kyrgyzstan achieved before the elections? Kyrgyzstan's image has recently changed: the major energy project, the solution to close down the American military base and the country's readiness to actively participate in solving Afghanistan and the entire Central Asia's problems made other players take Kyrgyzstan's position into consideration.

It comes natural that such Kyrgyzstan's "impudence" must be responded since nobody is interested in the players' number increase in a "club" that was seemingly closed. Elections are the best opportunity to recover the status quo. It is not fortuitous that the first warning to the Kyrgyz authorities was given by some NGOs. The conclusion is simple: the withdrawal of the American military base will not be forgiven.

So, there is a need to give particular attention to potential projects that different interest groups seek to implement in Kyrgyzstan through bringing their presidential candidates to power.

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