Kyrgyz president says he's not leaving

Kyrgyzstan’s president Kurmanbek Bakiyev today told parliament he would delay the introduction of constitutional reforms demanded by the opposition, just as thousands of opposition protesters gathered in the capital of the ex-Soviet Central nation, Bishkek, to demand his resignation.

Bakiyev said the opposition should not “exert pressure” on him, and that the reforms should not be adopted in an “hour or two”.