Kyrgyzstan parliament speaker resigns after spy chief sacking

BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan’s parliament speaker said Thursday he would step down, two days after President Sadyr Japarov dismissed the Central Asian country’s powerful secret service chief and arrested political figures who called for early elections. In a surprise move, Japarov had sacked his one-time close ally — spy chief Kamchybek Tashiev — in a decision Bishkek said was meant to “prevent division in society.” Japarov is seeking re-election next year in a country that was once a regional leader in terms of openness, though marked by political volatility.

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