Ousted Kyrgyz leader seeks UN action

The deposed Kyrgyz president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, has called on the United Nations to dispatch peacekeepers to the Central Asian republic.

The former leader said on Sunday that the country's interior and defense ministries had been paralyzed and were unable to deal with any new protests in the country, RIA Novosti reported.

His remarks came shortly after the interim government declared its intention to arrest and prosecute the ousted president for the deaths of those killed during the recent unrest.

However, Bakiyev said, "If an international independent commission, which will carry out a full investigation, says in its conclusion that the president is to blame, I am prepared to bear full responsibility before my people."

The toppled leader also said that he felt responsible for the deadly anti-government protests in which 81 people were killed and more than 1,500 others injured.

"Of course, I feel responsibility for what happened. I am the president and such things happen. I can't say there is no fault of mine. My fault is that I let it happen," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Bakiyev — who fled to the country's south following last week's unrest — has so far refused to resign, arguing that he retains strong support among the people of Kyrgyzstan.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123066§ionid=351020406.