Six months is a long time for a government to last without a legitimate leader, caretaker authorities in Bishkek appear to have realized.
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva may stand for president on June 27 during the nationwide constitutional referendum, Arkady Dubnov reports in Vremya Novosti.
Authorities plan to approve or reject the plan today.
Initial reports suggest Otunbayeva would stand unopposed for an 18-month term and then be barred from running for president again.
Presidential and parliamentary polls had been proposed for October 10, but with last week's renewed violence, and the prospect of ethnic clashes in the South threatening to tear this country apart, many say the country needs a mandated leader immediately.
An informal poll of friends in Bishkek suggests many feel the move also could staunch some of the bitter politicking expected to ransack the country this summer.
Moreover, as Dubnov points out, at least someone would be able to represent Bishkek at Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's birthday bash in Astana on July 6.
David Trilling is Eurasianet’s managing editor.
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