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BISHKEK (TCA) — The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has withdrawn from the ruling coalition in Kyrgyzstan's parliament, meaning that the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov will have to resign, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Who is in charge in Kyrgyzstan, and who in case of differences between the “pillars of power” is to have the last word? The Kyrgyz Parliament has recently approved a draft law to hold a nationwide referendum aimed to approve constitutional amendments. Critics inside and outside Parliament accuse the head of state of trying to push for fresh changes in the Constitution in order to shift more powers from Parliament and the Government towards himself. Most surprising is that reading the Constitution leads to the inevitable conclusion that in case he would want to do so he does not need any changes, since the present ambiguity of the Constitution would perfectly allow him to do so within it. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The government of Afghanistan has signed a draft peace accord with notorious exiled warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for his return after years of fighting the Afghan authorities, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev canceled his trip to New York to attend the UN General Assembly after suffering chest pains during the flight, the president’s press service said late on September 19. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev on September 15 ordered the General Prosecutor’s Office to ensure a thorough investigation into the involvement of members of the country’s 2010 interim government in the escape to abroad in 2010 of Kadyrzhan Batyrov, the then leader of Kyrgyzstan’s Uzbek minority, whom Kyrgyz authorities call “the leader of separatists”. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on September 13 made a Kazakh cabinet reshuffle after he replaced the prime minister late last week. Continue reading
