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@book{ Schmitz2021, title = {Revolution again in Kyrgyzstan: forward to the past?}, author = {Schmitz, Andrea}, year = {2021}, series = {SWP Comment}, pages = {4}, volume = {8/2021}, address = {Berlin}, publisher = {Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit}, issn = {1861-1761}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.18449/2021C08}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71981-0}, abstract = {Kyrgyzstan's presidential election and constitutional referendum on 10 January 2021 represent the provisional endpoint of a series of violent episodes that has gripped the country since October 2020. The victory of the populist Sadyr Japarov and approval for his plan to reintroduce a presidential system of government prepares the ground for a dismantling of democratic principles and rule of law, so that politically Kyrgyzstan is set to look more like its Central Asian neighbours. A new constitution is in preparation. The draft bears the portents of a neo-traditional roll-back that rebuffs a young generation demanding more democracy and rule of law, and has the potential to deeply polarise the nation. (author's abstract)}, keywords = {Kirgisistan; Kyrgyzstan; politische Entwicklung; political development; Innenpolitik; domestic policy; Präsidentschaftswahl; presidential election; Staatsoberhaupt; head of state; Volksabstimmung; plebiscite; Verfassungsänderung; constitutional amendment; politisches System; political system; Präsidialsystem; presidential system; Parlament; parliament; Regierungswechsel; change of government; Protest; protest; Wahlkampf; election campaign; Populismus; populism}}