DM Monitoring
BISHKEK: The Kyrgyz parliament approved Sadyr Zhaparov as the country’s new prime minister. The new government’s composition and structure have also been approved at an extraordinary meeting of the parliament.
Earlier on Tuesday, parliament nominated Zhaparov as prime minister of the country. Speaking at the meeting, Zhaparov said that the structure and composition of the government would not change for now. “We will temporarily leave it this way, in the future we will definitely change it.”
Earlier at the meeting, Myktybek Abdyldaev, speaker of the Kyrgyz parliament, said that he resigned from the post. Abdyldaev was elected on Tuesday, replacing Dastan Dzhumabekov, who resigned on the same day.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, with the participation of 16 political parties. Preliminary results showed that four parties crossed the 7-percent threshold to enter parliament.
Some parties which failed to meet the threshold organized nationwide protests on Monday, demanding the annulment of the elections and claiming gross violations.
Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday annulled the results of the elections after clashes between police and protesters. The CEC said Friday that it will set a time for the repeat parliamentary elections by Nov. 6. However, the protests of different political forces are still going on in Bishkek.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (GNKB) said it had detained former president Almazbek Atambayev on charges of organizing mass unrest.
“GNKB together with the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry detained Atambayev Almazbek, Sagymbayev K. and Musakeev D. on the bases of a warrant issued in the framework of a criminal case initiated over organization of mass unrest in the city of Bishkek,” the committee said in a news release. Atambayev, who was serving a sentence for corruption charges, was freed from jail earlier this week by supporters during post-election protests.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, with the participation of 16 political parties. Preliminary results showed that four parties crossed the 7-percent threshold to enter the parliament.
Some parties which failed to meet the threshold organized nationwide protests on Monday, demanding the annulment of the elections and claiming gross violations.
Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday annulled the results of the elections after clashes between police and protesters.
The CEC said Friday that it will set a time for the repeat parliamentary elections by Nov. 6. However, the protests of different political forces are still going on in Bishkek.
