Kyrgyzstan President Resigns After Weeks Of Turmoil

 

Reuters: Kyrgyz president quits; prime minister, newly sprung from jail, takes over 

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, leaving power in the hands of a nationalist rival whose supporters freed him from jail last week. 

The swift transition appears to put an end to more than a week of turmoil and unrest that followed a disputed election. 

Sadyr Japarov, 51, who was named prime minister this week, told cheering supporters that he had taken on the powers of the presidency, following the resignation of Jeenbekov and of the parliament speaker, who would otherwise have been next in line. 

“Today, (speaker Kanatbek) Isayev signed a resignation letter. All presidential powers have fully passed to me today,” Japarov said. 

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