It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Mr Japarov, a former member of parliament for the Nationalist Party, has insisted that the allegations of kidnapping against him were politically motivated, adding that every successive government in the country repeatedly jails former members, a claim. Among those released from prison this past week by protesters were former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for corruption, and two former prime ministers.
Mr Atambayev, under whose rule the new prime minister, Mr Japarov, was convicted, was himself behind bars on Saturday after being detained by security officials in central Bishkek. He said Friday that he was the target of failed assassination attempts after his release from prison.
Mr Dubnov, a Moscow analyst, said criminal charges in Kyrgyzstan were often tarnished by politics, but added that in a poor country that sits on lucrative smuggling routes, it is very difficult to find a politician who, in some cases, is not connected to crime. Way
Residents who arrived by telephone said Bishkek was largely quiet on Saturday as armed soldiers gathered at President Jinbekov’s grand official residence to select the prime minister and set up checkpoints and legislators from the previous parliament.
Mr Jinbekov, who disappeared from view after protesters stormed his office, re-emerged on Friday to take the initiative in trying to calm the crisis, sacking the previous government and promising to resign once a new cabinet is formed.
Mr Jinbikov, who was elected in 2017, said it was the third time in 15 years since his departure that violent protests had toppled the president in Kyrgyzstan, the only country in Central Asia in the form of democracy, but with a deep-seated instability. Poverty, clan animosity and divisions between north and south.
