Kyrgyzstan populist on course for victory in presidential vote-528990
Kyrgyzstan populist on course for victory in presidential vote AFP 11th January, 2021 12:02:58 Populist Sadyr Japarov claimed victory in Kyrgyzstan's presidential elections Sunday and pledged to weed out graft in the Central Asian country after a political crisis put him on the path to power. Results published by the ex-Soviet country's Central Election Commission (CEC) showed Japarov with close to 80 percent of the vote after an automated count. A referendum held in parallel showed the public strongly preferring presidential rule, which would grant Japarov sweeping powers when a new constitu...
Source: daily-sun.com