State Committee on National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan will verify the authenticity of circulating in the social networks of the republic audio recordings of conversations of some politicians about the takeover of power in the country, the press center of the SCNS announced this on Friday.
"SCNS is verifying the fact of audio recordings of conversations of some politicians, presidential candidates and their supporters in the social networks about the revolution of 2021, as well as about mass protests after the presidential election and the referendum," the statement reads. As the press center assured, the materials will be sent "for forensic phonoscopic and philological-politological expertise."
"As a result of the above-mentioned examinations a legal assessment of the actions of persons calling for the violent seizure of power will be given," the statement said. At the same time, the SCNS reminded that "actions aimed at a violent seizure of power entail criminal liability".
"The SCNS calls on citizens to refrain from spreading any provocative messages in social networks and the Internet space," the press center stressed .
Early presidential elections will be held in Kyrgyzstan on January 10. Seventeen people will run for the position. The country will hold a referendum on the form of government. Citizens will have to choose, which one they prefer - presidential or parliamentary. On voting day, 2,47 thousand polling stations will be open in the country, including 48 abroad. That includes five in Moscow and the Russian cities of Tyumen, Surgut, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yakutsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk.
The former head of state Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on October 15, 2020, after nearly 10 days of protests and riots, which were caused by the dissatisfaction of part of the population with the results of the parliamentary elections. Jeenbekov led Kyrgyzstan for exactly three years. Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov and parliament speaker Dastanbek Dzhumabekov also resigned.