Speaking to the participants, politician Tamerlan Ibraimov expressed his opinion that the current Parliamentary Elections are held with an obvious lack of platforms for political parties. He noted that individual parties have united together purely because that was their only chance of getting a seat in the Jogorku Kenesh.

Due to this, Ibraimov stated, voters are now witnessing «competition between these people».

Commenting on the actions of officials during the current elections, the expert stated that it was obvious officials were trying to establish a «tamer Jogorku Kenesh». The development of political parties, he said, is happening to some degree while the government is strengthening its position.

In his turn, Muratbek Imanaliev considers the actions of the government paradoxical.

"It makes sense that the efforts of officials are intended to weaken the opposition; however they are, on the contrary, strengthening it" - stated the IPP President.

Justifying this statement, Mr. Imanaliev noted that by allowing opposition parties to take seats in Parliament, the government would soon witness how quickly members of the parties would lose their current consolidation in parliament. However, if the government refuses mandates for opposition parties then there is a high risk that opponents will combine their efforts and gain significant strength.

Commenting on the current political situation in the country, Elmira Nogoibaeva stated that she agrees with some experts about the current process of reformatting the political space.

Regarding the position of officials, the expert noted, at present, that they are «trying to make a name for themselves", while in the opposition front (due to　all kinds of alliances) everything has intermingled so much it is now very difficult to say who is their leader.

The round table participants raised the issue of the role of the NGO sector in the current political process.

Toktogul Kakchekeev stated that Kyrgyz NGOs do not have any influence on politics.

«It may be that after two-three generations of NGOs the situation will change. However ty present NGOs are like a voice in the wilderness. They are multifunctional and not productive. They hardly have any influence in the overall picture, and they are not taken seriously" -the expert emphasized.

Also Toktogul Kakchekeev noted, 99 percent of parties do not have any idea of the public expectation of them nor measures that they should take for the sake of the state.

In terms of the party composition, the politician stated that many of them are formed based on the principle that the more money their members have, the more reasons there are to put them in prison. Besides, as Mr. Kakchekev has noted, despite the apparent team spirit of some political movements, many candidates for Deputies "see themselves as leaders of new movements".

In his turn, Muratbek Imanaliev, stressed that he disagrees strongly with the statement　that NGOs do not play any role in state policy. He has supported his words, saying that the famous decision about the participation of Kyrgyzstan in the HIPC program was taken under NGO　pressure. As Mr. Imanaliev went on, this demonstrates that civil society is a very　developed and powerful institute.

Reflecting on the statement of experts about the existing disagreements in outlook of political party representatives, and the lack of platforms, Muratbek Imanaliev said that it was not a legitimate reason to claim political unions are ineffective. He gave the example of the English Labor party members who have various goals, but that does not necessarily mean they have no platform or cannot be considered to be successful.

In his speech, Kyrgyz analyst Valentine Bogatyryov gave his comments on the reprimands of individual experts directed at officials shamelessly using any possible means for strengthening their positions.

In this regard, Mr. Bogatyryov stated that nothing else could be expected from the officials, as the classical definition of their tasks is to "take away and not share".

Also Mr. Bogatyryov emphasized that Kyrgyzstan has no opposition.　The expert said if such a political force indeed existed, it should have certainly ignored the elections and directed their efforts towards absolutely different goals.

«I tell the opposition: "If you are opposition members, you should refute these elections and fight for an admission that the current Constitution is illegitimate."　If this were the case, they could be very strong by 2010 but they do not want it», - stressed Mr. Bogatyryov.

In his turn, Muratbek Imanaliev objected saying that the «opposition exists in Kyrgyzstan because anyone opposing officials, even with small resources, is an opposition».

The IPP President named one of the opposition parties running for Parliament as the real opposition. Meanwhile, in his words, there are also fake opposition members fighting for Deputy Mandates.

At the conclusion of the round table, experts had touched upon the issue that Parliamentary elections could influence development of the state. Valentine Bogatyryov called this election a "certain important　point" and stressed that the priority is not which party will win or lose but what the winners and losers will undertake after the elections.

In this regard, as the expert noted, if the opposition were to lose and continue the struggle using old methods, and officials were to win and to continue working in the old manner - both political forces will lose. Therefore, as Valentine Bogatyryov emphasized, the current Parliamentary elections are an excellent chance to change everything.