Kyrgyz Parliament Confirms Convicted Politician as Premier
- Move follows president’s meeting with would-be prime minister
- Rallies called in support of would-be prime minister Japarov
Sadyr Japarov
Photographer: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images
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Kyrgyzstan’s parliament confirmed Sadyr Japarov as prime minister for the second time in five days after President Sooronbay Jeenbekov gave in to pressure to appoint the politician freed from prison by protesters last week.
Jeenbekov’s move came a day after he’d rejected parliament’s unanimous appointment of Japarov as premier on Saturday. In an address to the nation published on the presidential website on Wednesday, Jeenbekov said the earlier vote was conducted with violations of the law.