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Kyrgyz parliament’s decision to strip Atambayev of status of ex-president is found legal

24 October 2019 17:53 (UTC +04:00)

The decision taken by Kyrgyzstan’s parliament to deprive former head of state Almazbek Atambayev of the status of ex-president is legal. This decision was taken on Thursday during a session of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of the republic, the chamber’s administration told TASS, APA reports.

"The members of the Constitutional Chamber came to the conclusion that provisions of the constitution were not violated during the adoption by the parliament of the specified decision," a Constitutional Chamber official stated. He said that this decision "is final and is not subject to appeal."

The members of the Kyrgyz parliament voted to strip Atambayev of his status of ex-president on June 27, 2019. Several days later representatives for the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan addressed the Constitutional Chamber, asking to recognize the decision as illegal, as parliamentary members do not have such powers under the Constitution. Thus, in their opinion, in this case the MPs’ actions run counter to the country’s constitution.