Otunbayeva Threatens To Cancel Elections If Violence Erupts -- Central Asia NewswireKyrgyzstan may cancel next month’s groundbreaking parliamentary elections and declare a state of emergency if violence erupts, the local media reported on Tuesday.
Interim Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva delivered the warning at a political forum in the capital Bishkek the same day.
"The constitution gives me the right, as president of the country, to take the most severe measures. If there's a question over the country's unity, we can certainly introduce a state of emergency and the elections can be stopped," the Agence-France Presse (AFP) news agency cited Otunbayeva as saying.
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