Kyrgyzstan's interim President Roza Otunbayeva ordered to carry out the events marking the first anniversary of the ousting of former leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Otunbayeva has signed the relevant decree, the presidential press service told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
Her decree sets up an organizing committee, with the view of preparing and marking the anniversary of the April People's Revolution, which happened at the cost of human lives for the sake of prosperity and freedom of the Kyrgyz people. The decree notes the revolution's historical significance for the country.
The organizing committee includes chief of the presidential staff Emilbek Kaptagayev, Cabinet officials, lawmakers and public figures.
On April 7, 2010, several thousand supporters of the Kyrgyz Opposition rallied in Bishkek. Later, the rally moved to the central square where the government building is located. The guards at the entrance to the building opened fire at the protesters who tried to force their way in, killing some 90 people and wounding hundreds more.
In the evening, the Opposition took control of the republic's main administrative building. Bakiyev fled Bishkek and hid in the native village in the Jalalabad region. Later, he left Kyrgyzstan for Belarus.
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