Political Crisis In Kyrgyzstan – Burning Issue

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The news

Protests erupted after the results of the parliamentary elections were declared.
The Opposition and demonstrators alleged that the results were rigged.
Parliamentary elections were held in the country on October 4 2020.
Preliminary results released on October 5 showed that pro-government parties & allies won nearly all (110) the seats in the 120-seat chamber.
The opposition parties have made allegations that the winning parties indulged in vote-buying.

Political analysts have tied the 2020 protests to a socio-economic divide between Kyrgyzstan’s agrarian south and more-developed north.
- The north has effectively ruled the country for long (But not now!) and is more advanced economically and more homogeneous (Russo-Kyrgyz).
- The south is more conservative and traditional. It is more agrarian than the north. South is ethnically mixed and is not monolithic.

Since the protests started, the elections have been annulled and will be re-held as announced by their Election commission.
The protestors took over most of the government apparatus after the elections, halting many foreign gold mining operations that have evoked an expression of concern from Russia.
After takeover, Kyrgyzstan’s parliament unanimously approved Sadyr Japarov as the country’s new prime minister.
Opposition parliamentarians launched impeachment procedures against President Sooronbai Jeenbekov.
Interesting Fact
Kyrgyzstan had faced two revolutions during the early 21st century
- Tulip Revolution in 2005
- Kyrgyz Revolution in 2010