
Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev at September 2016 Meeting of CIS Council of Heads of State. Source: Kremlin.ru.
We repost this article in translation with permission from Fergana News.
In civilised states, the president’s health, whether mental or physical, is not considered a state secret. Everywhere, the press and the opposition are needed to keep madmen from coming to power. A sad example is the election of Donald Trump — a man who many, to put it mildly, don’t consider to be presidential material. And how could one not compare him with Kyrgyzstan’s president Almazbek Atambayev?