¡¡MOSCOW, April 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev said Tuesday he will return home once law and order are restored to his country, plagued by weeks of massive protest and sporadic violence triggered by the recent disputed parliamentary polls.

    Akayev said in an interview with the Itar-Tass news agency thathe will return to Kyrgyzstan as soon as "conditions for this are created."

    "The new authorities are unable to guarantee security to eithermy family or myself," Akayev reportedly said. "This is the reason why I have had to surrender my presidential powers here in Moscow."

    "Once the constitutional order is restored, the laws begin to be observed again, and calm returns to the country, I shall returnto my home," said the former president, who stepped down Monday after striking a deal with a Kyrgyz parliamentary delegation at the Kyrgyz embassy in Moscow.

    Akayev, Kyrgyz president for the past 14 years, was accused by the opposition of rigging the recent parliamentary polls to fill the 75-seat legislature with pro-Akayev lawmakers, who were fearedto extend Akayev's term.

    Akayev fled his country on March 24 when opposition supporters stormed the main government building in Bishkek.

    Akayev reportedly said in his address to the nation accompanying his resignation Monday that he hoped the presidentialelection could be held in a peaceful, open and fair manner. The presidential election is scheduled for June 26 in Kyrgyzstan.

    "It is very important, as the situation in the country is far from being stable," he said in the interview with Itar-Tass.

    "I wished the election would serve as the foundation for stability, unity of peoples and further development of Kyrgyzstan," as Kyrgyzstan is a multiethnic country, Akayev said.

    Asked about his plans after stepping down, Akayev said he has no intention to start writing memoirs about his political career but would like to resume research in physics or engage in economicstudies. Enditem