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By Gunay Hasanova

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on October 26 "On the resignation of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic", the Kyrgyz President's press office reports.

The Kyrgyz government resigned due to the collapse of the majority coalition of the Kyrgyz Parliament, which was formed in late 2015 and consisted of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK), Kyrgyzstan, Onuguu-Progress, Ata Meken.

Meanwhile the premier, first deputy prime minister, deputy prime ministers, members of the Government and heads of administrative departments of the Kyrgyz Republic will continue their duties until the formation of the new Cabinet of Ministers.

The Social Democratic Party stated that it cannot be in one coalition with people, who have common interests with Akayev and Bakiyev, and who still follow their instructions, who act against national interests.

Askar Akayev and Kurmanbek Bakiyev are former Kyrgyz presidents. Both of them are in exile now. Akayev lives and works in Russia, while Bakiyev got a political asylum in Belarus.

Previously, it was reported that Kyrgyzstan is preparing to shift from the presidential-parliamentary form of governance to a parliamentary system in the near future.

Led by Kyrgyzstan’s president, a number of parties represented in the parliament, put forward an initiative to amend the country’s current constitution which was adopted in the referendum after the coup in 2010.

The initiators proposed to strengthen the powers of the country’s prime minister and allow combining the position of the prime minister, or deputy prime minister with MP activities.

Currently, the draft law on holding a referendum is under consideration in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament. The referendum may be held on December 11.

Kyrgyzstan is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.

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