Via RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (3/26/07):
Supporters of the measure [to decriminalize polygamy], including Justice Minister Marat Kayipov, had wanted to remove the article on polygamy from the Criminal Code. But Kayipov told RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service today:
“Deputies of the Kyrgyz parliament have supported [Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s] policy [regarding polygamy] almost in full,” Kayipov told RFE/RL today. “Article153 has been preserved. Those [men] who have two or more families will be brought to justice by the Kyrgyz government just as before.”