Kyrgyzstan president set to win new constitutional powers

Voters in Kyrgyzstan headed to the polls on Sunday for a constitutional referendum broadly anticipated to see President Sadyr Zhaparov’s powers expanded whereas permitting him to run for workplace a second time.
According to preliminary outcomes from the electoral fee, about 78% of voters backed the constitutional change.
The referendum comes three months after the populist chief was elected, following the elimination of his predecessor amid protests.
The change would shrink the scale of parliament by 25%, to 90 seats, and provides Zhaparov the ability to nominate judges and heads of law-enforcement businesses.
Who is Sadyr Zhaparov?
A former member of parliament and senior official, Zhaparov was serving a jail sentence final 12 months on expenses of abducting a regional governor as a part of a political protest.

He was freed by protesters who contested the outcomes of the October parliamentary election and his sentence has since been overturned.
Immediately after his launch, Zhaparov mobilized protesters to oust President Sooronbai Jeenbekov from workplace after which took the helm because the Central Asian nation’s interim chief.
In the January election that introduced Zhaparov to workplace, voters additionally authorised plans to carry a referendum on whether or not presidential powers must be elevated.
Kyrgyzstan, a rustic of 6.5 million people who borders China, strongly is determined by Russia’s financial assist.