Thursday, April 20, 2006

The Situation in Kyrgyzstan

By an anonymous student

I am against canceling the death penalty. The person who committed a crime should bear corresponding punishment. Certainly we do not have the right to take away from someone life. But it is a real life. These people who make such grave crime should be sentenced to the death penalty. Such people are probably not able to understand that it is impossible to take away another's life. It is necessary to remove pink glasses.

I am very much disturbed with the situation in the country. I think we should change all structure of government officials and all chiefs and put in perceptive young men, then all would change. Now there are many young perceptive people who would bring a big contribution to the development of Kyrgyzstan. The president, ministers, deputies, all of them speak well but do not do anything real.

During disputes over the form of the government, one of my group mates said, "I prefer the parliamentary form of government and people will choose the prime minister." Half of the population is without education and how can they choose?! March 24th is an example of this.

People who do not know the essence of business and listen to people which dictate them rules have put in a new head of state, Bakiev Kurmanbek Salievich. Last year, people who started the revolt in the city, in the most direct sense of the word regret that we have put it on the post of the president. I am not going to lower someone's personal human qualities, but he isn't the person that should operate the country. 24th March, how is it that this day is named a holiday? A year has passed and March 24th should mark the desire, and should not force all civil servants such as rectors of high schools, directors of schools, etc.

2 comments:

annegb said...

I am in favor of the death penalty in America, but I think it's used in an inequitable fashion. I guess only God can decide ultimately.

But people like Timothy McVeigh, or Moussai, however you spell it, they deserve to die for their crimes.

I assume that in your part of the world, people are given the death penalty for lesser crimes.

Anonymous said...

Poster,

Interesting that you want to keep the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan. Do you have so much trust in the Kyrgyz courts that you think they can adjudicate flawlessly 100% of the time? Kyrgyz judges don't have a sparkling reputation right now. I would be very doubtful whether they could be trusted with the death penalty.