Kyrgyz president resigns, opening way for election

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Deal grants him immunity from prosecution

MOSCOW President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan resigned Monday after receiving assurances that he would not face prosecution for any wrongdoing during his 14 years as the country's only post-Soviet leader.
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Akayev's resignation, effective Tuesday, removed the last legal obstacle to holding a new presidential election, now scheduled for June, and could reduce political tensions that have divided the opposition leaders now jockeying for power.
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Akayev, who fled to Russia in the days after opposition protests toppled his government on March 24, signed his resignation in the Kyrgyz Embassy here after a day of talks with leaders of the country's new Parliament, including its speaker, Omurbek Tekebayev.
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Kamybek Imananliyev, a member of Parliament who participated in the talks, said that the country's Constitution and laws offered the guarantees of security and immunity that Akayev had sought as a condition for stepping down before his term officially ends in October.

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