Centre for Monitoring Democratic Processes «Quorum»

On August 14, 2010 an event in Bishkek took place, at a first glance being solely internal affair of the country. In the Opera and Ballet Theater the I Congress of Union SSR (USSR) Party was carried out [transl. note: SSR stands for Russian “Svoboda (freedom), Spravedlivost’ (justices), Rodina (motherland)”]. The Congress of the "Union "Freedom. Justice. Motherland" hosted 800 delegates from 48 rayons of 9 regions of Kyrgyzstan.

The country has experienced a second revolution already within a short period of time, it was accompanied by inter-ethnic clashes in Osh and Jalal-Abad regions, as well as unrest in various parts of the country. And now the interim government that received power from the hands of the people who overthrew the regime of Bakiyev, holds parliamentary elections in the republic on October 10, 2010 for establishing a legitimate government and the parliament. These elections, in fact, are crucial for the peoples inhabiting the country. The main question is: which of the political forces will enter the parliament and will form the government. Depending on that – there will be a certain way for the country defined as well as whether it’s going to overcome the systemic crisis threatening to territorial integrity of this former Soviet republic.

USSR party was established in anticipation of the approaching anniversary. Next year there will be 20 years since USSR state (United States of Soviet Republic) destroyed. And this link was distinctly noted by participants of the Congress. Nostalgia for the "secure future", inter-ethnic peace, social justice prompted the activists belonging to various ethnic groups living in the country to create a separate party. In less than a month the number of party members has grown tenfold. Several political parties declared their readiness to become members of the new organization. Over 60% of the list of candidates from the USSR Party in the parliamentary elections are representatives of national diasporas. Uniting of Kyrgyz people and representatives of national diasporas into the united political force differs USSR Party from the other 12 parties registered by CEC (Central Election Committee) of the country.

As Andrew Poroskun noted, deputy head of USSR Party, "20 years is a long time that allows us to evaluate what we got and what we lost. Great is seen from afar. Virtually all of the slogans for which the Soviet people went out to the streets and were protesting against the Soviets, are not implemented." "Democratic forces, that destroyed USSR state, declared for example, about the "efficient owner" who was supposed to privatize state enterprises. This slogan was the biggest deception. Enterprises are privatized, but whether this is a better life to people? Is profit from these businesses going to social needs, taking into account the interests of workers and their families? "We all know the answer to these questions. Did transition from socialism to wild capitalism of the USSR state raise the level of education of young people? Did creating new jobs improve social status of seniors and vulnerable citizens? Did medicine become perfect and more affordable? And such false slogans can be listed endlessly".

Most participants of Congress argued that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a sham and a betrayal of the peoples living in the USSR. And the consequences of this betrayal are still being felt. Consequences of color revolutions in Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, in Georgia are obvious for all. Democratic leaders in these countries have seized power by manipulating people's non-satisfaction with post-Soviet reality. Ironically, the main policy tool of the Democrats became nationalism. Their rule has shown that nationalism does not benefit the people. By depriving rights from and discriminating representatives of various communities, the power does not make young people more educated, does not increase the living standards of people, does not provide a secure life. The main result of color regimes is threat to the integrity of those countries where colored revolution took place. Orange President Yushchenko ultimately split the company into the Western and Eastern Ukraine. Georgia lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia - a large slice of its territory, precisely because of nationalist madness of Saakashvili. In Kyrgyzstan, Bakiyev's government exacerbated the separatist aspirations among some national diasporas.

We have all witnessed that nationalism as a basis for policy is neither directed at strengthening the state, nor to improvement of the quality of life of the titular nations; but rather to destroying of what is left after the Soviet collapse, the collapse of independent states emerged in place of the Soviet republics. Fortunately, among the three countries, which have experienced colored Revolution, Saakashvili was the only one who managed to fully realize the scenario of the disintegration of Georgia.

Many of the members of Congress have experienced all the delights of color Bakiev regime. In order to pick up their business, many were thrown into prison: the leader of the USSR Party, Ishenbai Kadyrbekov, a former speaker of parliament was also subjected to political persecution and was thrown into prison.

Many members came to the USSR Party, because they do not want to see the collapse of their country. Arif Alaferdov (representative of the Azerbaijan community in the party's political council) proclaimed at the Congress: "I see that this party is the only one in Kyrgyzstan to be going to implement international policy, not in words but in deeds."

Ishenbai Kadyrbekov, Chairman of political council of the USSR Party, stressed many times that Kyrgyzstan is proud of its diversity - ethnic, linguistic, cultural: "Our challenge is to take everything that was best in the USSR and make our country strong and prosperous. Only working together aiming to strengthen and develop Kyrgyzstan, we can overcome the threat faced by our society".