it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians

it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians wanted the president to consider reducing the timeframe for the country's moratorium on the death penalty. "A suggestion to lift the moratorium was formulated after a parliamentary commission examined the situation in penitentiaries," deputy Alisher Sabirov told journalists. Ex-Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev's resolution prolonging the moratorium was due to expire in late December 2005.