The news of the last two days in Kyrgyzstan -a certain Isabekov was nominated to become the next prime-minister of the country. Almost noone knows who Isabekov is – he is certainly a dark horse but definitely not a gray cardinal as someone suggested last week.

When Isabekov got nominated everyone suddenly realized how great Felix Kulov as a prime minister was comparing the new candidate, who currently serves as the minister of agriculture in the Kyrgyz government. Should I start telling you about the state of Kyrgyz agriculture at the moment? Probably not. Should I draw analogies between the managerial experience (or its absence) in the area of managing crops and cattle and the managerial experience in managing country’s economy and politics? Well, I think I’m being carried away.

Someone, discussing this new nomination of president Bakiev, at one of the forums mentioned that Kyrgyz MPs now will even vote for a donkey to become a prime-minister. All for the sake of securing their seats for till the end of term in 2010. Well if you think about it donkeys are handy under certain circumstances and, definitely, are easy to handle.

O’K that’s enough about fauna. Speaking of politics again I want to offer you a roundup of opinions that were expressed after it became clear that Kulov’s nomination didn’t get through the parliament. Scrolling through those opinions, I got an impression that, even those who used to fiercely criticize Kulov, were not prepared to let him go.

According to a political scientist Nur Omarov, the consequences of Kulov’s resignation can be devastating for Kyrgyzstan. Omarov emphasized: “ There is a high probability that that after Kulov’s departure the country can be torn by the confrontation of various regional and political clans.”

Zaynitdin Kurmanov, who used to be a member of parliament, mentioned: “Kulov as a prime minister was a guarantor of stability for the country.” According to Kurmanov, the political divorce between Bakiev and Kulov will inevitably affect the state of health of the whole country.

According to Omurbek Tekebaev, well- known for his oppositional stands, Kulov was a talented politician, but made several mistakes. “Whoever becomes the next prime-minister will play just a technical role”,-admits Tekebaev.

Well, scrolling down the list of nominations for the position of a prime-minister, I would tend to agree with Tekebaev. Even more so, I wouldn’t hesitate stating that the list was comprised of personalities (except the one candidate) that could pose no challenge to either the president or the parliament. Here they are:

1) Daniyar Usenov – interim vice- minister of the Kyrgyz Government
2) Azim Isabekov- interim minister of agriculture
3) Amangeldy Muraliev- ex-prime-minister of Askar Akaev’s government
4) Medetbek Kerimkulov- interim vice-minister of the Kyrgyz government
6) Arstanbek Nogoev- the current mayor of Bishkek

I can hardly sense lots of working potential in the people named above. Though, the potential for political manipulations is growing now when Felix Kulov is off the stage. Commenting on Bakiev’s betrayal Kulov stressed: “I can hardly say a lot about the person who doesn’t stick to his gentleman’s word.” The ex-prime-minister said the other day that he got exhausted by the political games and at this stage needs some rest. May be he really does. Especially, considering the fact, that on the day the parliament rejected his nomination, Kulov’s new wife gave birth to a baby girl. This is Kulov’s forth daughter and she is believed to compensate for his temporary political defeat.