The President of Kyrgyzstan announces his resignation

The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, announced his resignation on Thursday, saying that he wants to prevent clashes between security forces and protesters who are demanding his resignation.

15 October, 2020 07:41

NEWS DESK

The allies of Sooronbay Jeenbekov won a majority in the parliamentary elections, which were held on the fourth of October, but the protests that followed toppled the government and forced the authorities to nullify the results of these elections.

The country is experiencing a power vacuum in light of disagreements between opposition groups since they seized government headquarters and canceled the disputed election results this week.

Two prominent opposition figures reached an agreement to unite forces last Friday and had the support of former President Almaz Bey Atambayev, but their followers and followers of other groups organized competing rallies that politicians said fueled the risk of an outbreak of violence.

The opposition is divided between 11 parties representing tribal interests in a country that has already seen two presidents fall due to popular revolutions since 2005.

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