Muratbek Imanaliev, leader of the opposition New Direction movement, said his group would back protests if election fraud is discovered during the poll set for February 2005.
Zamira Sydykova, a senior official of the opposition People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan, also said she would back such protests.
On 17 December, Akaev warned of a possible "dramatic escalation" of social and political tensions next year, when a presidential poll is set for October.
Imanaliev today said Akaev's warning was groundless and showed that authorities are "in hysteria."
(AP)
Zamira Sydykova, a senior official of the opposition People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan, also said she would back such protests.
On 17 December, Akaev warned of a possible "dramatic escalation" of social and political tensions next year, when a presidential poll is set for October.
Imanaliev today said Akaev's warning was groundless and showed that authorities are "in hysteria."
(AP)
