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Fugitive Chechen President Impeached | |
2003-09-14 | |
The parliament of the Chechen republic has impeached Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov and dismissed him from the position. This was announced by a group of Chechen deputies on Friday in Interfax central office in Moscow. No fortune cookie for you, Maskhadov! "The decree of the Chechen parliament was passed on September 5th, it was based on the Constitution of Chechnya," acting speaker of the parliament Isa Temirov said. The speaker added, before initiating the question about Aslan Maskhadov’s impeachment, "parliamentarians talked to Chechen diasporas and the people of the republic’s regions... We came to conclusion that there was only solution to stabilize the situation in Chechnya is to dismiss Maskhadov from his position." Glimmer of common sense in Chechnya?
"Please don’t kill us!" Second of all, it is obvious that the people, who made such a difficult decision, were Maskhadov’s I’ll bet this doesn’t change a thing. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 It's the Kadyrov parliament, formally tossing Maskhadov. Things are all legal now... |
Posted by: Fred 2003-9-14 12:13:01 PM |
#1 I'm confused ... So are these Kadyrov's boys or the "rebels?" |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-9-14 10:53:58 AM |