Lawmakers challenge new Kyrgyz PM as embattled president told to stay | Malay Mail

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BISHKEK, Oct 12 — The acting premier of crisis-stricken Kyrgyzstan picked a new police chief yesterday, ignoring lawmakers contesting his legitimacy as the Central Asian country's embattled president weighs resignation. Sadyr Japarov signed an order yesterday appointing a new interior minister,...

Monday, 12 Oct 2020 08:45 AM MYT

Elected in an extraordinary session of parliament on Saturday, Sadyr Japarov had been serving a jail term for hostage-taking until early Tuesday. Residents were trickling back into cafes and strolling down a leafy central thoroughfare in the capital Bishkek by yesterday, an AFP correspondent saw. “None of the decisions made by as the prime minister of the Kyrgyz Republic have legal force,” parliament's deputy speaker Aida Kasymaliyeva wrote on Facebook yesterday.Addressing Samayev, nicknamed “Champion,” Kasymaliyeva said: “I'm not afraid of you. I still use public transport and walk alone. If something happens to my daughter, family, then everything is written here.”

The president has not commented on Japarov's election but said Friday that he could resign once order is restored and a new government is formed.

 

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