4 hours agoAfter being taken out of prison and made prime minister one, protesters force the president to resign
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Kyrgyzstan's president, Soornbai Yeenbekov, has resigned during the day after 10 days of protests following irregular elections, saying he wanted to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters who have sought his departure from the office. Kyrgyzstan has been plagued by riots since the 4th parliamentary elections....
Kyrgyzstan has been plagued by riots since the October 4th parliamentary elections, which the opposition rejected after Yeenbekov's allies were declared winners.
After opposition supporters took to the streets and seized government buildings, authorities had cancelled the elections. Yeenbekov said last week he would resign, but this week he postponed his departure, saying he would remain in office until next elections were held, the NBC reports, translate Periscopi.
Yesterday, Yenbekov accepted parliament's election to the new prime minister, who was a nationalist named Sadyr Jaapov, who was released from prison by protesters last week. Yaparov and his followers have also requested Yeenbekov's extradition from office.
Kyrgyzstan, a small Asian country once a Soviet republic bordering China, has experienced political unrest for years. Yeenbekov is now the third president to be ousted by popular protests since 2005. /Periscope
