24 October 2016, 08:32 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev has signed a decree on government resignation amid the parliamentary coalition break-up, country’s presidential office said Wednesday.
“The government of the Kyrgyz Republic has now resigned, as it was formed in accordance with the coalition agreement between the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan Party, Onuguu-Progress and Ata Meken Supreme Council [parliamentary] parties,” the statement reads.
On October 24, the president's Social Democratic Party's (SDPK) faction in the Supreme Council declared its withdrawal from the coalition of the parliamentary majority, which was created on the basis of a coalition agreement on November 2, 2015.
The SDPK urged a more stable coalition, expressing readiness to cooperate with all political forces in parliament that supported sustainable social and economic development "on the path of democracy."
