Rally scheduled by Ata Meken party for April 23 will be indefinite. The leader of the parliamentary faction of the socialists, Almambet Shykmamatov, told 24.kg news agency.
According to him, the protest will begin on the day when the Supreme Court has to decide whether to send the case of ex-deputy Omurbek Tekebayev for review.
«We have to get a fair judgment. The rule of law is necessary for all. Judicial arbitrariness must be stopped,» Almambet Shykmamatov said and added that a meeting of the party’s political council would decide on holding the rally.
The participants of the protest intend to demand justice not only in relation to Omurbek Tekebayev, but also to the former deputy Sadyr Japarov.
Ata Meken faction has already sent a notification to the Bishkek City Administration signed by Almambet Shykmamatov. The rally will take place on the Old Square near the Supreme Court building. It is expected that 6,000 people will take part in the peaceful protest.
Omurbek Tekebayev and Duishenkul Chotonov were sentenced to eight years in prison with confiscation of property. The courts of all instances found them guilty of corruption.
In November, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow arrested a former State Duma deputy, the main witness in the Tekebayev — Chotonov case, a businessman Leonid Maevsky. He was accused of extorting $ 37.5 million for non-proliferation of defamatory information. Leonid Maevsky faces up to 15 years in prison. In this regard, the defendants also intend to insist on speedy review of their case.
