Kyrgyz President Signs Decree on Resignation of Government

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev last week signed a decree on the resignation of the Kyrgyzstan government, reported the press service of the head of state.

"Persons who have held the post of prime minister, first deputy prime minister, deputy prime ministers, cabinet members and heads of administrative departments, will continue their duties as members of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic until the day of the appointment of new Cabinet members," Atambayev stated in the decree.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic was dismissed in connection with the collapse of the coalition of the parliamentary majority.

Kyrgyz Supreme Council Speaker, Chynybay Tursunbekov, had previously officially announced the breakup of the coalition of the parliamentary majority, saying he had received notice from the leader of the former coalition, Kanat Isaev. "His letter says that the coalition ceased to exist in connection with the output of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (PDAP)," Tursunbekov said.

In accordance with Kyrgyz legislation, in case of a collapse of government, the coalition must step down. Then the country's president should instruct one of the parliamentary factions to create a new coalition to approve the composition and structure of the next cabinet.

Dimitri Dolaberidze