Moscow: Nationalist politician Sadir Japarov has been elected as the new president of the Central Asian country Kyrgyzstan Election. Not only did he win the election held on Sunday, but the referendum to change the constitution to give more powers to the president was also approved. Elections are held in October after the former president stepped down from power.
Nationalist Zaparova was released from prison at the time of the movements to remove him from this post. The deadlock had been going on since the disputed parliamentary elections in the country, in which the government-backed parties won. Opposition parties forced President Suronbay Jeenbekov to step down on October 15, accusing him of tampering with votes. Japarova was convicted in the kidnapping of a regional governor after which he was sentenced to prison in 2017. Kyrgyzstan became a separate country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
