| (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced Thursday he would present a new prime minister nominee to the parliament after his previous choice was thrown out, Kyrgyzstan's Kabar news agency reported. During talks with Parliament Speaker Marat Sultanov and acting Prime Minister Felix Kulov, the president said he would present a new nominee, after his nomination of Kulov had been rejected twice by the parliament. Bakiyev said that a new cabinet was urgently needed to handle domestic issues such as the drafting of the 2007 budget. The Kyrgyz parliament rejected for a second time a bill from Bakiyev to reinstate Kulov. The lawmakers first denied the nomination on Jan. 18. |