Majority coalition breaks up in Kyrgyz parliament, govt to resign
BISHKEK. Oct 24 (Interfax) - The faction of the Kyrgyzstani's Social Democratic Party has announced its withdrawal from the parliamentary majority coalition, which means the dissolution of the coalition and the resignation of the government.
"The Social Democratic Party withdraws from the majority coalition," the faction's leader Isa Omurkulov said in the parliament on Monday.
The Social Democratic Party that was had been led by Almazbek Atambayev before he was elected Kyrgyz president withdraws from the coalition "because of irreconcilable political views," Omurkulov said.
The decision to withdraw from the coalition was made in the wake of a meeting of the faction on Monday, he said.
According to the Kyrgyz Constitution and current laws, the withdrawal of one of the factions from the majority coalition means its dissolution, as well as the resignation of the government that it formed.
There are six parties in the Kyrgyz parliament that was elected in October 2015. Four of the parliamentary parties, the Social Democratic Party, the Kyrgyzstan party, the Onuguu-Progress party and the Ata Meken party, formed a majority coalition in November 2015. The pro-presidential Social Democratic Party got the mandate to form the coalition.
The current government led by Sooronbay Jeenbekov was formed in April 2016 after the resignation of previous Prime Minister Temir Sariyev.
According to the law, after the dissolution of the ruling coalition the president must in three working days mandate one of the parties to form a parliamentary majority.
