Daughter Of Ousted Kyrgyz President Registered For Poll
March 23, 2007
Bermet Akaeva (file photo) (RFE/RL)
Bermet Akaeva is the only member of Akaev's family who has returned to Kyrgyzstan since the country's popular uprising in March 2005.
She is running for a seat representing the northern Kemin district that had been held by her brother, Aidar Akayev. But election officials declared the position vacant because of his failure to attend a single legislative session.
Ten other candidates are contesting the seat -- including former Interior Minister Keneshbek Duyshebayev.
(AP, Reuters)