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Changing the Constitution: issues and suggestions
Azimbek Beknazarov, MP
Gulnara Iskakova, lawyer
Zainidin Kurmanov, expert at UNDP-Bishkek
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The roundtable discussed the process of constitutional reform. The issue has become a major point in a recently escalating tension between the opposition and authorities. MP Azimbek Beknazarov heads the special commission preparing drafts of the new Constitution. Zainidin Kurmanov, former MP, is one of consistent advocates of the Parliamentary form of the government. Gulnara Iskakova, Associate Professor of Law at the American University - Central Asia, is an expert in constitutional law.
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