Kyrgyz prime minister resigns

Bishkek, Oct. 6, 2020 / Kabar /. Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov has resigned.

Sadyr Zhaparov has been elected as the new Acting Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic. This decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the Kyrgyz Parliament, which was held today, October 6 at the Dostuk hotel. The meeting was attended by 67 deputies.

Sadyr Zhaparov was sentenced to 11.5 years in 2018 for organizing a demonstration in Karakol in 2013 and taking hostage the then governor of the region, Emilbek Kaptagaev.

He was released from prison today.