The parliament issued a statement following a recent heroin scandal in Poland involving one of its members, urging President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Prime Minister Felix Kulov to fulfill their duties within a constitutional framework.
Former parliamentary speaker and opposition leader Omurbek Tekebeyev was arrested September 6 in a Warsaw airport after a batch of heroin was found in his luggage. Polish authorities released Tekebeyev September 7 saying the incident was a provocation.
A Kyrgyz parliamentary commission said the country's special services were involved in the scandal, and that Kyrgyzstan's international prestige had been undermined.
The parliament said Friday the president should form a coalition government, which will control the security services, and carry out a constitutional reform immediately.
It also urged the Prosecutor General's Office to launch a criminal case against the president's brother, who headed the security service until recently.
Constitutional reform was one of the main demands of the 2005 "tulip revolution" that brought Bakiyev to power. This spring the Kyrgyz opposition severely criticized the president for his failure to carry through the promised reforms, and organized massive protest rallies in response.
Bakiyev has repeatedly said that a decision on the form of rule in the country - presidential, presidential-parliamentary or parliamentary - should be made through a nationwide referendum.
