Foreign Desk Report
Bishkek: Any attempts to destabilize the situation in the country will be strictly suppressed within the framework of the law, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, police colonel Oktyabr Urmambetov told at a press conference at the Kabar News Agency.
He said that the law enforcement agencies are taking the necessary measures to ensure public order and security during the preparation and conduct of elections and referendums. An operational headquarters has been created, an action plan has been worked out, a set of operational and preventive measures is being carried out in places of mass concentration of the population, as well as in the environment of organized crime, aimed at maintaining social and political stability in the country.
“We never interfere in political issues and processes. Our task is to ensure security in the country and citizens. But in case of identifying the facts of destabilization or swinging of the situation in the country during the elections, they will be strictly suppressed,” Urmambetov said.
In addition, he noted that for the dissemination of provocative and other materials with the aim of destabilizing the situation, criminal liability is provided under the current legislation.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs carries out round-the-clock monitoring of the media, social networks, video hosting sites, TV and radio broadcasting companies to identify inaccurate information that sows panic and provokes public concern among the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Meanwhile, Chairwoman of the Central Elections Commission and Referendum of the Kyrgyz Republic (CEC) Nurzhan Shaildabekova met with Regional Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for Central Asia Ronnie Heine.
During the meeting, Shaildabekova informed about the preparations for the upcoming early presidential elections and the referendum of the Kyrgyz Republic on Jan. 10, 2021, the press service of the CEC said on Wednesday.
Ronnie Heine praised the work of the CEC in ensuring the transparency, legality, and democratic nature of the electoral process.
“Democracy is the most “intense” form of government. Kyrgyzstan strives to hold democratic elections and is moving in the right direction. The electoral process is accompanied by many difficulties not only in Kyrgyzstan. In other countries, it is common to have disputes and discussions, especially on the counting of votes,” he said. –Agencies
