Presidential election in Kyrgyzstan 1995
The Kyrgyzstan presidential election in 1995 was held on December 24, 1995 in Kyrgyzstan . For the second time since the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan in 1991 , citizens of independent Kyrgyzstan were called upon to elect a president. With Askar Akayev , the incumbent was able to prevail again in the presidential election.
background
The presidential election took place in politically turbulent times for the young state of Kyrgyzstan. On September 5, 1994, the parliament decided to dissolve itself, whereupon a referendum was held on October 22, 1994 to reorganize the Kyrgyz parliament. The citizens agreed to the establishment of a two-chamber system . Subsequently, several presidential decrees implemented reform of parliament and the electoral law, as well as strengthening the role of local dignitaries, the so-called aksakal . Observers saw in these political reforms a move away from a policy of strengthening democracy towards Akayev's endeavors to dominate the politics of Kyrgyzstan as president in the long term. President Akayev justified these steps with the "idealistic" constitution of 1993 and the need for a "transition period", since "the people are not yet ready for democracy".
Candidates
After there were no opposing candidates to Akayev in the 1991 presidential election, five opposing candidates ran for the office of president in 1995. However, three out of five candidates were not allowed to vote on charges of defamation by the Kyrgyz Republic Supreme Court. This decision represented a breach of the Kyrgyz constitution and was interpreted as evidence of the lack of independence of the Kyrgyz judiciary. After this decision by the court, there were three candidates for the presidency in Kyrgyzstan:
- Askar Akayev , incumbent
- Absamat Masaliyev, candidate of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
- Medetkan Sherimkulov, independent candidate
Result
Despite a significant deterioration in his election results in 1991, when Akayev received 95.33% of the vote, the incumbent was able to prevail again in the presidential election. The turnout was given as 86.2%.
| candidate | Votes (absolute) | Votes (relative) |
|---|---|---|
| Askar Akayev | 1,391,114 | 72.4% |
| Absamat Masaliyev | 474,547 | 24.7% |
| Medetkan Sherimkulov | 33,499 | 1.7% |
consequences
Akayev expanded his position of power after confirmation in office. In a referendum in 1996, several constitutional amendments were approved, which allow a stronger concentration of power in the hands of the president and significantly weakened the role of parliament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Refworld | Chronology for Russians in Kyrgyzstan. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ Kyrgyzstan Technical Election Assessment March 1995. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Spaiser, Olga: External Democracy Promotion in the Post-Soviet Area: The OSCE's Possibilities and Limits for Action in Kyrgyzstan . 1st edition. Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-8366-2750-4 , pp. 45 .
- ↑ Revolution in Kyrgyzstan - MASALIEV, Absamat Masalievich. former communist-era first secretary of the Kirghiz SSR. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 2005, archived from the original on April 27, 2005 ; accessed on March 25, 2020 (original website no longer available).
- ↑ Nohlen, Dieter., Grotz, Florian., Hartmann, Christof .: Elections in Asia and the Pacific: a data handbook . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-924958-X , pp. 448 .
- ^ Frank H. Columbus (ed.): Central and Eastern Europe in Transitio . tape 3 , p. 105 f .
- ^ Kyrgyzstan profile . In: BBC News . February 26, 2018 ( online [accessed March 25, 2020]).
