The Kyrgyz Opposition Council called on parliament to form a new government

06 October 2020

 

The Coordination Council of Kyrgyz opposition parties called on members of parliament to create a government of people's trust. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the council Adakhan Madumarov, the Kabar agency reports.


"We suggest the only legislative branch of power to accept the government of people's trust", - the agency quotes Madumarov, the head of the political party "Butun Kyrgyzstan". ("United Kyrgyzstan") and the chairman of the council. The politician also assured that members of the Coordination Council do not tear themselves up to power and do not share portfolios.


Earlier on Tuesday, representatives of a number of opposition parties of Kyrgyzstan that formed the Coordination Council called on deputies of the current convocation to meet and legitimize the social and political processes taking place in the country. In particular, Madumarov called on the parliament to meet to "settle the situation in the legal field". An appeal to create a government of popular trust was also made by former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariyev, who headed the government in 2015-2016, during the reign of former President Almazbek Atambayev (2011-2017).


On the night of Tuesday after the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan on October 4, representatives of the parties that did not pass to the supreme legislative body, staged mass riots in Bishkek, seized the parliament building, also houses the administration of the head of state, the government, the capital city hall and the Prosecutor General's Office. Protesters released former president Almazbek Atambayev, former prime minister Sapar Isakov and a number of other politicians from the detention facility.


Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Zheenbekov addressed the citizens of the country and called on leaders of political parties to calm down their supporters. The Central election committee of the republic declared the results of parliamentary elections held on October 4 null and void.

 

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