The Kyrgyz government responds to deputy Tazabek Ikramov's accusations of theft of his bill
In response to Deputy Tazabek Ikramov's allegations during a parliamentary committee meeting that the Cabinet of Ministers is stealing a bill initiated by him, the Presidential Administration's Information Policy Service clarified that the bill proposed by the Cabinet was developed in compliance with a decision of the Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic dated December 28, 2022.
According to the statement, the Constitutional Court's decision was sent to the Prime Minister on April 7, 2023. As per Article 52, Part 2 of the Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic," the Court's acts are binding for all state bodies, local self-government bodies, officials, public associations, legal entities, and individuals and must be enforced throughout the country.
It was noted that on November 16, 2023, Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov submitted a bill to the Jogorku Kenesh for consideration, titled "On Amending the Criminal Code." The bill was passed in the second reading on April 11, 2024.
The bill initiated by Deputy Tazabek Ikramov and several other parliamentarians was forwarded to the Presidential Administration for an official opinion on December 4, 2023. The bill was initiated on March 7, 2024, and is currently in the first reading stage.
The Cabinet emphasized that the Deputy's claim that they are stealing his bill is completely unfounded. They highlighted that the bill initiated by the Cabinet and the one initiated by the deputies of Jogorku Kenesh are not similar and have significant differences.
Furthermore, they explained that the Cabinet's bill proposes stricter penalties for parents evading child support, unlike the bill initiated by the deputies of Jogorku Kenesh.
In a previous meeting on April 22, Deputy Tazabek Ikramov expressed his dismay during the consideration of the bill on alimony, stating that the Cabinet of Ministers had not provided an opinion on the bill for six months. He criticized the Cabinet for holding their document for six months without any input, ideas, or proposals, accusing them of stealing their ideas and presenting them as their own. He urged the Cabinet to either develop bills themselves or refrain from appropriating documents initiated by deputies.
