• KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%
  • KGS/USD = 0.01143 0%
  • KZT/USD = 0.00195 -0%
  • TJS/USD = 0.09926 0.71%
  • UZS/USD = 0.00008 -0%
  • TMT/USD = 0.28575 0%

Back to the Old System for Kyrgyzstan’s Future Parliamentary Elections

On June 9, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed the law on amendments to the procedures on electing members of parliament. There are some positive and some controversial changes, one of the most significant of which is the diminished role for political parties.

Structurally, the new legislation creates 30 electoral districts in Kyrgyzstan. Each district will elect three parliamentary deputies, with the three candidates receiving the most votes becoming the deputies from their district.

Currently, there are 90 seats in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament. That number will remain.

According to the new law, one of the three candidates from each territorial const...

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