Any attempts to destabilize situation during elections will be strictly suppressed in Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Jan. 6, 2021 / Kabar /. Any attempts to destabilize the situation in the country will be strictly suppressed within the framework of the law, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, police colonel Oktyabr Urmambetov told at a press conference at the Kabar News Agency.

He said that the law enforcement agencies are taking the necessary measures to ensure public order and security during the preparation and conduct of elections and referendums. An operational headquarters has been created, an action plan has been worked out, a set of operational and preventive measures is being carried out in places of mass concentration of the population, as well as in the environment of organized crime, aimed at maintaining social and political stability in the country.

“We never interfere in political issues and processes. Our task is to ensure security in the country and citizens. But in case of identifying the facts of destabilization or swinging of the situation in the country during the elections, they will be strictly suppressed,” Urmambetov said.

In addition, he noted that for the dissemination of provocative and other materials with the aim of destabilizing the situation, criminal liability is provided under the current legislation.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs carries out round-the-clock monitoring of the media, social networks, video hosting sites, TV and radio broadcasting companies to identify inaccurate information that sows panic and provokes public concern among the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.