People's Revolution Day in Kyrgyzstan
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24 March 2005
On March 24, 2005, a popular (tulip) revolution took place in Kyrgyzstan, as a result of which the first President Askar Akayev and his family fled the country.
One of the main reasons for the mass popular protests throughout the republic, which led to the popular revolution, was the unfair conduct of the elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Then the deputies of parliament were the children of President Akayev - son Aidar and daughter Bermet, as well as more than 20 supporters from the "family" parties "Alga Kyrgyzstan!" and "Adilet".
Many opposition candidates who enjoyed popular trust were forced out of the election race by various methods of the state apparatus.
On March 13, 2008, the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic of the fourth convocation adopted a draft law by a majority of votes, according to which the corresponding addition was made to Article 113 "Non-working Holidays" of the Labor Code.
March 24 is declared People’s Revolution Day and is considered a holiday.
Thus, in the calendar of official holidays of Kyrgyzstan appeared another day off, the 13th in a row.
The first attempt to establish such a day was made by Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in 2006. Then, before the legislative settlement, the first anniversary was celebrated by the Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic of March 22, 2006 UE No. 139. On March 6, 2006, by the Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, the date of March 24, 2006 was declared as the annual Day of National Celebration.
The text of that decision of the head of state stated:
“The freedom-loving, proud and committed to genuine democratic values, the Kyrgyz people, preserving and continuing the historical traditions of democracy, loyalty to the principles of social justice and the supremacy of spiritual values and humanism, on March 24, 2005, won a historic victory over an authoritarian, corrupt and anti-people regime that for many years carried out state administration for personal purposes and in the interests of a narrow circle of people in its inner circle.
On the eve of the second anniversary in 2007, President Bakiyev K.S. again appealed to MPs with the initiative to legitimize March 24 as an annual day of the people’s revolution. But the Jogorku Kenesh this time rejected the request of the head of state. Thus, March 24 in 2007 was a working day. The celebration of the second anniversary in the capital was modest, showing a theatrical performance in the Palace of Sports named after Kojomkul, and in the major cities of the republic were held festivities.
The former Akayev parliament of the country (2005-2007) was slow to recognize March 24 as People’s Revolution Day. Most deputies of the third convocation considered this day as "coup d'état" or "looter day".
The new Parliament of the fourth convocation, elected on December 16, 2007, supported the President and the Government, officially declaring March 24 a public holiday.