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The Nation
April 21, 2018
BISHKEK : Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Friday voted overwhelmingly to confirm a new government led by the country's 30th prime minister in less than ... Jeenbekov, 59, came to power in a bitterly fought presidential election last year while enjoying strong support from Atambayev, 61, who was limited to aÃâà...
Free Malaysia Today
April 21, 2018
Suhakam commissioner Mah Weng Kwai said election monitoring had already been discussed by the board. ... The Election Commission recently announced that election observers from Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan would be in Malaysia for theÃâà...
EurasiaNet
April 18, 2018
Kyrgyzstan's not so behind-the-scenes power struggle is fast descending into farce. Six months have elapsed since a toughly contested, scandal-ridden presidential election brought Sooronbai Jeenbekov, a close ally and purported friend of ex-leader Almazbek Atambayev, to power. If any firm conclusionÃâà...
EURACTIV
April 13, 2018
Freedom House is a US-based government-sponsored NGO which evaluates the quality of democracy in the countries of Eastern Europe,. The country report on Kyrgyzstan says that the peaceful transition of power through elections could not disguise serious problems in the quality of political competition,Ãâà...
AzerNews
April 10, 2018
By Trend. Seven countries will send representatives to observe the general parliamentary elections in Malaysia, the press service of the Malaysia Election Commission (EC) said in a message. Malaysian EC revealed that Indonesia, Thailand, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan and AzerbaijanÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
April 5, 2018
On 31 March, the ruling Social-Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) held its XVII Congress at Bishkek's Orion hotel. The most anticipated outcome of this private event was the election of former president Almazbek Atambayev as SDPK Chairman. IHS Markit has previously forecast that AtambayevÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 4, 2018
During the final months of Almazbek Atambaev's term as Kyrgyz president last year, his candor rankled many inside and outside of Kyrgyzstan. Atambaev had kept a relatively low profile since officially leaving office on November 24, but after his election as head of the ruling Social Democratic Party ofÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 2, 2018
Kyrgyz authorities have opened an investigation into whether Omurbek Babanov plotted to stage a coup after the October 2017 election. ... Both comments were interpreted as evidence of Babanov's covert sympathy for the Uzbek minority — a politically fatal stance for any presidential hopeful in Kyrgyzstan.
EurasiaNet
April 2, 2018
Control over the SDPK will give Atambayev effective control over the party lists ahead of national and provincial elections. In Kyrgyzstan's business-driven politics, the formation of party lists is said to be a lucrative affair. And this may all set up a parliament-versus-president's office dynamic that the countryÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 29, 2018
“After the elections, we didn't even hold peaceful rallies, let alone organize activities aimed at seizing power,” said Babanov, responding to the GKNB statement. ... Babanov left Kyrgyzstan soon after the election as it became evident that the government intended to penalize him for his political activity.
TASS
March 18, 2018
BISHKEK, March 19. /TASS/. Kyrgyzstan will continue boosting comprehensive relations with Russia, the country's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov said in a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin following the latter's victory in the Russian presidential election, the Kyrgyz presidential press service said in a statement onÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 16, 2018
On March 6, Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov invited 40 representatives of the national media to a meeting at the state residence Ala Archa, located approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Bishkek. For more than two hours, the new president — whose election in October 2017 markedÃâà...
EurasiaNet
March 6, 2018
The defection of a high-ranking figure from within Kyrgyzstan's presidential administration has ignited talk of tensions within the ruling elite. After days of ... Jeenbekov duly won the October presidential elections with 54 percent of the votes cast in a contest many have said was marred by irregularities.
Times of Central Asia
March 2, 2018
BISHKEK (TCA) — There are signs that Kyrgyzstan's president has begun to get rid of the political legacy of his predecessor, with the strained ... Shortly after the Kyrgyzstani presidential elections (held on October 15), Kazakhstan reopened its border for cargo trucks and citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Jamestown Foundation
March 1, 2018
But in response, Kazakhstani authorities announced that Asylbek ulu had dual citizenship of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and, thus, could be brought to ... year: the two men founded the Social Democratic Party back in 1995, and he received massive support from Atambayev during the election campaign.
EurasiaNet
February 22, 2018
In 2015, Aziz chaired an elections commission working group dedicated to vetting aspiring parliamentary election candidates. ... Election officials in Kyrgyzstan are expected to proceed to stripping Asylbek uulu of his parliamentary mandate as soon as they receive documentary evidence from KazakhstanÃâà...
AzerNews
February 19, 2018
"We watched with delight the presidential elections and praised the entire process. Dozens of countries still dream of such a system of elections using electronics. However, you could achieve this result in less than three years. We are ready to build and deepen partnership within the framework ofÃâà...
EurasiaNet
February 18, 2018
Around the time of Kyrgyzstan's presidential election in October, Astana fired a volley of complaints at Bishkek about what it said was the vast volume of goods being smuggled from China into Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are both members of a Russia-dominated customs union, so the concernÃâà...
gulfnews.com
February 18, 2018
The dispute between the two Central Asian neighbours emerged after ageing Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appeared to publicly back a populist opposition candidate to win the bitterly-fought Kyrgyz vote. Kyrgyzstan quickly accused Kazakhstan of trying to “influence” the election at the expenseÃâà...
EurasiaNet
February 13, 2018
Some analysts had argued that the authorities were eager to smooth the way before the October presidential election in order to avoid unexpected surprises. Almazbek Atambayev was required to step down, having served his single permitted six-year term, creating an element of uncertainty. In the eventÃâà...
BBC News
October 14, 2017
For the first time in the history of Kyrgyzstan, an elected president is due to peacefully hand over power after elections take place on Sunday. But critics say the political environment in Central Asia's "island of democracy" is deteriorating. Here's a look at the issues there - and who's likely to come out on top.
Times of Central Asia
December 31, 1999
BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have launched a new case against fugitive opposition politician and former presidential candidate ... A businessman who finished second in the October 2017 presidential election, Babanov left the country after the authorities launched an investigation onÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
BISHKEK -- Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have launched a new case against fugitive opposition politician and former presidential candidate Omurbek ... A businessman who finished second in the October 2017 presidential election, Babanov left the country after the authorities launched an investigation onÃâà...
IFEX
December 31, 1999
What with prosecutions, astronomic damages awards and travel bans, there is mounting concern about the threats to media freedom in Kyrgyzstan. ... of Kyrgyzstan's most popular channels, it is linked to opposition leader Omurbek Babanov, the runner-up to Jeenbekov in last October's presidential election.
