Thursday, May 10, 2012

Government / Revolution

First year law students in Kyrgyzstan wrote the following essays about Kyrgyzstan's governmental system and revolutions:

In Kyrgyzstan when we have a mess (revolution) in our country destruction of property occurs. When the people don't know that the the shops and offices aren't owned by the government they break windows, doors, and walls and take anything and go to other shops and offices. When there is a mess people died and it ruined the economy. Despite the disadvantages of the mess we have advantages. We changed our president and we have a new constitution. In the future I hope that we increase the economy, our country will develop, unemployment will decrease, and people won't get angry with the government. I think that we should develop in education, medicine, agriculture, and entrepreneurship. Why did I say education, because in Kyrgyzstan many children don't go to school; they can't read, write, and do math. It's bad because children are the future of our country. I said medicine because in our country we don't have vital equipment. In the future I think by working in agriculture and entrepreneurship we can produce goods and transport them to other countries. This is how I see developing our country.

I think revolution is bad because people begin all disastrous destruction of property. They begin to hit and kill each other. I don't like it. When I saw it on TV, the revolution, I cried because many people died. In the future I wish that this will never happen again. It was good that the revolution changed the president. Maybe he will become a good president and the country will change for the better.

The advantages and disadvantages of presidents in Kyrgyzstan. The first president was Akaev. I think he wasn't the best president, but normal because Taxes were low and prices very small. What are the disadvantages, I don't know. Maybe it is that he had much money, but the people didn't have money and didn't work. The second president was Bakiev. He was a very bad president because: 1) much corruption, 2) mess, 3) people died, 4) taxes were higher, 5) prices were higher, 6) people didn't have work and money. He doesn't have any advantages. The third president was Otunbaeva. She was very good because she was the first president who didn't go to another country and she could regulate a hard situation. The fourth president is Atambaev. I don't know if he is good or bad. Time will tell. (Analysis- to publish my good tsar article maybe I can say the good tsarness of Roza was that she freely gave up power and made that as an example for the future. That may be better than changing the form of government, which can easily change again.)

Before the revolution in Kyrgyzstan Bakiev's family ruled, but soon there was a revolution and Bakiev didn't want to give to the opposition and they shot their own people! And on the 7th of April revolution young guys died as citizens of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. But the people of Kyrgyzstan sill made their own and drove out Bakiev and then came on the power of new people! I hope all is well and I hope that the revolution will be no more!

In Kyrgyzstan there were two revolutions. On March 24th 2005 and April 7th 2010. A lot of innocent people suffered. The government killed civilians in Bishkek and robbed shops and in Bishkek it was a mess. I think that Bakiev and Akaev as ex-presidents are to blame because they raised the prices of taxes on light, water, gas, products, etc. Akaev and Bakiev lived through the citizens. They stole all the money from citizens. Two ex-presidents didn't help the citizens. Their relatives were owners in a big company. I think that it is bad because the president must help his people and he musn't steal from his people.

In Kyrgyzstan there is a parliamentary-presidential form of government. In my opinion it's a for of government that suits our country because power is divided between the president and parliament. Before the president had more power than the parliament. It was bad because no one could contradict him. Perhaps today's form of government is good. Recently we have accepted it and we don't know exactly how this form of government will work. In my opinion Otunbaeva was a good president. When Dastan Bekeshev came to our university he said that Otunbaeva accepts criticism, that they can argue with her. Roza Otunbaeva has a good education. She's the first woman president in Central Asia and Kyrgyzstan and the first president who didn't run away.

In my opinion on 7 April (2010) we didn't have a revolution. It was a mess because if it was a revolution we would have changes, but we don't have changes. Now I want to tell about the mess before and after. Before the mess:
  1. We had a presidential system
  2. We had a president from Osh
  3. Bakiev had three wives
  4. It was corruption
  5. Maxim Bakiev sold narcotics
  6. Maxim was an owner in "Megacom" and he increased the price on the tariff of mobile phones
  7. Taxes increased
  8. Prices increased
  9. Bakiev appointed his relatives as the owners in a big rich company.  
After the mess:
  1. We have a parliamentary-presidential system
  2. Atambaev has 1 wife
  3. Just oil prices are higher
  4. -
I hope that we will not have another mess and our life will be better.

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Business Disputes

First year law students in Kyrgyzstan wrote the following essays about solving business disputes:

I want to tell you about two best friends. One of them gave another man money and he didn't return his money, and he didn't answer the telephone when his friend rang him, and the friend went to another friend and told him about the problem. Together they went to his last friend's house and hit him. The next day he returned his friend's money. I think it's not normal, but sometimes it's a good way to discuss problems because our police can't do anything.

In my opinion in Kyrgyzstan people decide problems with the police.

In Kyrgyzstan best friends do not go to the police. If one of them says I don't pay money because I don't have any money the other can go to his home and take his house, car, etc. I don't know how to solve this problem.

In Kyrgyzstan how do people solve business disputes. I will tell you one example about this situation. If I need money for building a shop I go to my friends or someone who also need money and we together make one group. There stand 3 or 5 people. Then we together go to the bank and take money. Then every month everyone of this group must pay this money. If one person doesn't pay money, the other people of this group must pay money for this person who doesn't pay.