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The 120 deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh voted for the election of Sadyr Zhaparov as the new prime minister. The new prime minister managed to call Russia the main strategic partner.
The Kyrgyz parliament elected Kyrgyz opposition leader Sadyr Japarov to the post of the country’s new prime minister on Saturday, October 10, reports “Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“.
The 120 deputies to the candidacy of Japarov Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament)Kyrgyz Parliament) supported unanimously, as well as the program, composition and structure of the government.
Japarov was the only candidate for the post of prime minister. He said that in relation to the current situation, the composition of the government will not change.
The new prime minister of Kyrgyzstan has already identified the main strategic partner: Russia. According to him, relations between Kyrgyzstan and Russia began to develop “a long time ago,” the Russian news agency TASS reported.
Japarov is a former member of the Jogorku Kenesh. In 2017, a Bishkek court found him guilty of organizing a demonstration in Karakol in 2013 to demand the nationalization of the Kumtor gold mine and the hostage-taking of the then governor of the Issyk-Kul region, Emilbek Kaptagayev, writes Radio Azattyk. .
Khaparov was sentenced to 11 and a half years in a maximum security colony. The protesters released him on the night of October 6. That same night, former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, who was serving an 11-year prison sentence on corruption charges, was released. Before the start of today’s parliamentary session, he was arrested again.
On October 6, they tried to appoint Khaparov as the prime minister of Kyrgyzstan. This caused a split in the opposition and the formation of two popular coordination councils. On October 9, in the central square of Bishkek, clashes broke out between supporters of Atambayev and supporters of opposition leader Omurbek Babanov with supporters of Khaparov. After that, Atambayev said that his car had been shot.
Protests in Bishkek broke out after the parliamentary elections on October 4. The protesters demanded the annulment of the voting results, according to which the political parties Birimdik (received 24.5% of the votes), Mekenim Kyrgyzstan (23.88%), Kyrgyzstan (8.76%) and Butun Kyrgyzstan They entered the Jogorku Kenesh. “(7.13%), and the political opposition forces did not exceed the 7% barrier.
On the night of October 6, protesters in Bishkek seized the building where the country’s parliament and president work. After the riots, a fire broke out there, the premises were destroyed.
On October 6, the country’s Central Electoral Commission declared the election results invalid.
The current president of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, in connection with the latest events of October 9, signed a decree on the introduction of a state of emergency in Bishkek.
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