State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin congratulated Talant Mamytov, the Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of Kyrgyzstan, on the successful presidential election and the referendum on the form of government in the country. This is according to a message posted on the Duma's website on Tuesday.
"Observers who worked in Kyrgyzstan, including those from the CSTO PA [Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization], noted the transparency and competitiveness of the elections," the Russian politician said.
The statement also said that the speakers discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
On January 10, there was an early presidential election, and also a referendum on the choice of the form of government in the country - presidential or parliamentary. There were 17 candidates running for the post of head of state. According to the CEC, after processing more than 98% of polling stations, Sadyr Zhaparov won more than 79% of the votes. The leader of the race needed to get more than half of the votes to win in the first round. Over 80% of citizens supported the transition to a presidential form of government.
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Based on materials from TASS