The transformation of Kyrgyzstan's National TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation (NTRK) into public television was one of the demands of the last year's massive rallies of the For Reforms opposition movement.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev revoked his veto on the law on NTRK in order "to consolidate the efforts of different political groups and parties."
The president earlier promised to form a working group to launch new constitutional reform on the opposition's demand.
In November 2006, the For Reforms movement comprising some 20 political parties and public organizations, launched protest rallies demanding urgent reforms and anti-corruption measures.
On November 8, the parliament voted for a new Constitution, turning Kyrgyzstan into a quasi-parliamentary republic. But on December 30, the parliament returned the president his authorities under threat of dismissal.
In March 2007, the For Reforms movement delivered an ultimatum to the president claiming it will join massive rallies of protest of a new opposition party, United Front for Kyrgyzstan's Decent Future, led by dismissed prime minister Felix Kulov if Bakiyev fails to start fulfilling their 2006 demands by April 11.
A former political prisoner, Kulov came to power in March 2005 in an alliance with Bakiyev on the back of violent protests. But the new leadership was accused of failing to act on promises to curb corruption and raise living standards in the impoverished post-Soviet nation.
Kulov resigned along with his Cabinet amid street protests over the Constitution and lack of progress in the promised reforms in the Central Asian country. In January, President Bakiyev twice nominated Kulov for prime minister, but MPs rejected the candidacy.
The United Front said it would start the protests in the regions and continue them indefinitely in the capital, Bishkek, from April 11.
