BISHKEK, March 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Felix Kulov, appointed coordinator of Kyrgyzstan's law enforcement agencies last Friday, offered to resign on Wednesday on the grounds that calm has returned to the streets after last week's riotous ouster of President Askar Akayev and his work is done.

    Kulov told the parliament there is no need for a chief law coordinator now as the situation has stabilized and a temporary government has been formed, the parliament press service said.

    Kulov, former vice president and security chief under the presidency of Akayev, was named security coordinator by interim prime minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a fellow opposition leader.

    After four years in prison on corruption charges, Kulov was released from jail last Thursday just hours after the opposition seized the main government building in Bishkek and forced Akayev into exile.

    Kulov claimed the charges against him were politically motivated.

    Hours before his resignation announcement, Kulov promised personal security to the ousted president and urged him to return to the country to resign officially.

    "We will offer him guarantees for his personal safety, and guarantees for his assets, his movements and his meetings," Kulov told journalists in Bishkek.

    Earlier, Akayev told Russia's Channel One television that he isprepared to resign if he is given appropriate guarantees and Kyrgyzstan's laws are respected. He insisted he is still the legitimate head of state.

    Kyrgyzstan's disputed parliamentary elections on Feb. 27 and March 13 triggered widespread protests across the country and led to the surprise downfall of Akayev who has been in power for 14 years. Enditem