Ata-Zhurt
| Ata-Zhurt Ата-журт |
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| Chairman | Kamchybek Tashiyev |
| Founded | 9 December 2004[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Ideology | Kyrgyz nationalism, Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right[citation needed] |
| Seats in the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan |
28 / 120
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| http://www.atajurt.kg/ | |
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Ata-Zhurt, sometimes Ata-Jurt, (Kyrgyz: Ата-журт), or Fatherland, is a political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its political base is in the south of the country, but the party is headquartered in the capital Bishkek.[1] The party is led by Kamchybek Tashiyev,[2] and supports the ousted former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
2010 parliamentary elections[edit]
In the Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election, 2010, the party said it would seek to restore Bakiyev to power, and claimed it was more popular than the interim government.[3] The party also suggested it would rollback the Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2010 and restore the presidency to its former state.
On 7 October, the party's headquarters in Bishkek were ransacked and party literature set on fire by a groups of demonstrators who called for the party to be banned. The demonstrators allegedly included family members of the victims of April 2010 violence in Bishkek.[1]
In the election, the party won a number of seats from its traditional southern bastion, though it barely passed the threshold in the capital and the Chuy region. The party received the votes of 8.89% of eligible voters, giving it 28 of 120 seats in parliament. This result made the party the first of five parties to surpass the support threshold of 5% of eligible voters necessary to enter parliament. As a result Ata-Zhurt was part of the governing coalition with its MP Akhmatbek Keldibekov chosen as Speaker of Parliament.[4]
Among the party's parliamentary deputies are some individuals of non-Kyrgyz ancestry, including Ravshanbek Sabirov, the first Tajik to hold such a position, and Roman Shin.[5]
Violence[edit]
Kamchibek Tashiyev, the head of Ata-Zhurt, said he had been attacked in his home on 23 October 2010. "They broke in like bandits...I think they intended to shoot me. I believe they tried to eliminate me - the forces that want to cancel election results and impose a state of emergency. I know for sure, GSNB (security services) was behind these actions."[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b [1][dead link]
- ^ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7436595.html
- ^ Pro-Bakiyev party bids for power - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English
- ^ Kyrgyz pick PM, parliament speaker - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English
- ^ Minority Representation Paltry in Kyrgyzstan’s New Parliament, EurasiaNet.org, 2010-11-30. Accessed 2011-04-11.
- ^ Kyrgyz politician 'hurt in attack' - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English