Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-04-20-Speech-2-235"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-04-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Kyrgyzstan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100420.10.2-235"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-04-20-Speech-2-2362
lpv:speaker	lp:Niccolò Rinaldi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro (2009-07-14--2014-04-14)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2009-07-14--2012-01-26)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, ladies and gentlemen, there is a wonderful concluding passage in the Kyrgyz epic Manas – which is no small work of literature, being 20 times longer than the Odyssey and the Iliad put together and also an aid to understanding this country’s history − where the wife of the hero who represents the whole population sets out to safeguard his memory against foreign attacks and to protect his tomb. In the end, she decides that the name on his tomb should be that of his wife, instead of the hero Manas, precisely to ensure that it remains intact in the face of enemy attacks. This type of dedication for the common good, for the people, should be what we expect from the new Kyrgyz ruling class, which is not, in point of fact, all that new. Of course, I advise the High Representative to adopt a constructive and I would say positive, yet cautious attitude towards the interim government, but also to call for a series of reforms, a set of measures, which must be clear. Not only an international board of enquiry into what has taken place, not only a clear schedule for restoring democratic rules – because this interim government, by its very definition, is not sanctioned as a legitimate government by the popular vote – but also reforms to oppose corruption firmly and effectively, and ultimately to make Kyrgyzstan independent from the judiciary, which is very far removed from the current situation. Also – and this is linked to both the issue of the judiciary and to corruption – to streamline what is an extremely oppressive bureaucratic nomenclature and public administration. In fact, this is the first real test of the European Union’s new Central Asia strategy in a critical, emergency situation of the type currently existing in Kyrgyzstan. We must not let this country, where the influence of the United States is now very limited, end up in the rather suffocating grip of present-day Russia, and so I believe that this is an opportunity for us all to make a commitment."@en1
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