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Kyrgyzstan: loyalist new-look coalition backs crony-filled cabinet

BISHKEK (TCA) — As a new ruling coalition has been formed in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament and a new Cabinet has been approved by parliament, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading

New majority coalition formed in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament

BISHKEK (TCA) — A new majority coalition was formed in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on November 3, less than two weeks after the previous ruling coalition collapsed. Continue reading

Kyrgyz parliament approves date for referendum on constitutional changes

BISHKEK (TCA) — The parliament of Kyrgyzstan on November 2 by a majority of votes approved in the third and final reading the law setting the date for a national referendum on December 11 on controversial constitutional amendments. Continue reading

Politics in Kyrgyzstan: overlooking the economic issues

LONDON (TCA) — Politicians letting their personal interests prevail over ideological and public issues is a global phenomenon. Kyrgyzstan’s democratic parliament excels in it, and threatens what the system is meant for. A party with a perhaps controversial but daring and radical formula to get the country out of its economic deadlock would beyond doubt harvest success, on condition that once in power it decidedly proceeds. But such a party lacks ground in Kyrgyzstan’s current political life. Continue reading

Pro-presidential faction to form new parliamentary majority in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — On October 26, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the Government after the parliamentary majority coalition had officially announced its collapse earlier that day. The ruling coalition of four parliamentary factions — pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK), Kyrgyzstan, Onuguu-Progress, and Ata Meken, was formed on November 2, 2015. Continue reading

Kyrgyzstan’s ruling parliamentary coalition collapses

BISHKEK (TCA) — The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) has withdrawn from the ruling coalition in Kyrgyzstan's parliament, meaning that the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov will have to resign, RFE/RL's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