Wednesday, April 7, 2010

governmental collapse


Full Article:http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/201047164717764440.html
Looks like we have a coup this week. The Kyrgyzstan government collapsed today.

"When it comes to real frustration, it's the economic problems that really motivate people. The key turning point may have been the imposition of new utility bill tariffs," he said.

"People's energy bills doubled overnight in January and that caused serious consternation among a significant part of the population who are largely poor by international standards.


apparently they got really pissed over their utiility bills.

Also there was a little bit of corruption. The president appointed his sisters and his cousins and his aunts to key positions.

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