Comments on: Ambitious Motuev http://nomadistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ambitious-motuev/ Eyes on Kyrgyzstan and Beyond... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net » Nomadistan Preview http://nomadistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ambitious-motuev/#comment-9 kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net » Nomadistan Preview Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:01:24 +0000 http://nomadistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ambitious-motuev/#comment-9 [...] first impressions are very positive: there have been well-written posts about Nurlan Motuev running for Ombudsman, a Friday’s Photo post (a la neweurasia’s Kazkakhstan’s blog) featuring our own [...] [...] first impressions are very positive: there have been well-written posts about Nurlan Motuev running for Ombudsman, a Friday’s Photo post (a la neweurasia’s Kazkakhstan’s blog) featuring our own [...]

]]> By: CXW http://nomadistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ambitious-motuev/#comment-2 CXW Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:00:18 +0000 http://nomadistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/ambitious-motuev/#comment-2 Given the other 2 contenders, I'm in two minds about whether Motuev's participation is a positive or negative development; at face value he seems less likely to let his personal religious beliefs influence his approach to the post of Ombudsman, and he has shown that he can mobilise support and resources to get things done (leaving aside the question of legality). What worries me more is that the whole thing seems to be a bit of an ego trip, as his comments show: "I asked why they were nominating me. They replied that my actions correspond with the activities of human rights defenders. In their opinion I was a human rights defender even before March 2005" [link to the Russian 24.kg article is broken above - it's http://www.24.kg/community/2008/02/05/75685.html]. That said, if he's looking to take on the government, the Ombudsman's Office could be a good place from which to do so as it does at least provide an opportunity to do more that "sit in Parliament and bark with Akaev's lapdogs" [my non-literal translation], which is how he explained his decision not to stand as a deputy back in September 2007 (http://www.24.kg/community/2007/09/05/61037.html). Could be interesting in more than the usual sense (i.e. disfunctionality followed by deadlock between opposing government officials followed by no change...) if he's serious, but I'm not foolhardy enough to want to make any prognoses at the moment. Given the other 2 contenders, I’m in two minds about whether Motuev’s participation is a positive or negative development; at face value he seems less likely to let his personal religious beliefs influence his approach to the post of Ombudsman, and he has shown that he can mobilise support and resources to get things done (leaving aside the question of legality).

What worries me more is that the whole thing seems to be a bit of an ego trip, as his comments show:

“I asked why they were nominating me. They replied that my actions correspond with the activities of human rights defenders. In their opinion I was a human rights defender even before March 2005″ [link to the Russian 24.kg article is broken above - it's http://www.24.kg/community/2008/02/05/75685.html.

That said, if he's looking to take on the government, the Ombudsman's Office could be a good place from which to do so as it does at least provide an opportunity to do more that "sit in Parliament and bark with Akaev's lapdogs" [my non-literal translation], which is how he explained his decision not to stand as a deputy back in September 2007 (http://www.24.kg/community/2007/09/05/61037.html).

Could be interesting in more than the usual sense (i.e. disfunctionality followed by deadlock between opposing government officials followed by no change…) if he’s serious, but I’m not foolhardy enough to want to make any prognoses at the moment.

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