Kyrgyzstan politics

Last month, Kyrgyz rushed into offices. This month, they’re running for the exits in hopes of contesting the January 10 early presidential election.

Treading carefully, both Moscow and Beijing have engaged the new Japarov government but with a markedly light touch.

The presidential elections are now set for January 10, while challenges have been filed over the cancellation of the December 20 parliamentary redo.

The government of Sadyr Japarov will have an opportunity to prove itself by confronting the problems that made the October 4 elections such a disaster.

The Kyrgyz parliament voted to cancel forthcoming new parliament and presidential elections to make way for constitutional reforms.

Will Kyrgyzstan’s new leader be able to address imminent politico-economic challenges and accomplish his all stated promises?

Kyrgyzstan looks likely to have a new parliament election sometime in December and a presidential poll in January. It may also have a constitutional referendum.

Kyrgyzstan's complete political upheaval isn't finished yet.

Until October 6, Sadyr Japarov was serving an 11.5 year prison term for hostage-taking. He's now prime minister of Kyrgyzstan.

It’s the second week of Kyrgyzstan’s political crisis – what does the path forward look like?

Kyrgyzstan’s “muted” voices -- woman and the youth -- are standing up against the ranks of old politicians and the patriarchy. 

Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary election was accompanied by allegations of mass vote buying, use of administrative resources, and the beating of journalists.