EXHIBIT
31.1





CERTIFICATION
OF PRESIDENT


AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER




I, Thomas
Flottmann, certify that:




1. I have
reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Manas Petroleum
Corporation;




2. Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
report;




3. Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;




4.         The registrant's other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:




a.
            Designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
      that material information relating to the registrant, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
      prepared;




b.         Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide


reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted


accounting
principles;





c.        
      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
      procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure
              controls
      and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
      on such evaluation; and




d.
            Disclosed in this report any
      change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
      occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
      registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
      has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
      and




5.         The registrant’s other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):




a.
            All significant deficiencies and
      material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
      financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
      small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report
      financial information; and




b.
            Any fraud, whether or not
      material, that involves management or other employees who have a
      significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over
      financial reporting.








Date:  May
9, 2008





/S/Thomas
Flottmann


Name:   Thomas
Flottmann


Title:
Chief Executive Officer