In southern Kyrgyzstan rally participants, due to the ongoing conflict around the company Kyrgyzneftegaz strategic blocked the Bishkek-Osh highway, according to news agency 24.kg. According to the agency, they blocked the road and the wagon came near.
The agency estimates the number of protesters in several thousand people. Approximately the same estimate yields and Go. The police, in turn, argue that the protest gathered no more than 700 people.
To the place of the meeting pulled together police and riot police. Active steps are not taken yet. As the head of Internal Affairs of Jalalabad Stanbek Bakirov, the police will try to persuade the people to disperse. On the question of whether the force used to disperse the protest, he replied: Only as a last resort.
In the collects blocked the road transport. According to the 24.kg, bypass roads in this area do not.
Protesters are one of the parties in the struggle for leadership Kyrgyzneftegaz. The company, as noted, in fact, dual power was established. One part of the group supports Kanybek Masirova, who headed the Kyrgyzneftegaz after the April uprising in 2010, while others favor Keneshbek Masirova, who was later appointed head of the company's shareholders' decision.
Participants of the rally support Kanybek Masirova. In appointing a new director (Keneshbek Masirova) they see a part of a secret plan to privatize the company, in which it can pass under the control of one of the ruling parties in Kyrgyzstan. Protest in connection with the conflict in the company held for several months.