Change of government in Kyrgyzstan in 2010

The change of government in Kyrgyzstan in 2010 are the events that took President Kurmanbek Bakiyev out of office, toppled his government on April 7, 2010, and brought the Kyrgyz interim government to power.

The unrest in Kyrgyzstan grew out of numerous demonstrations that became increasingly violent and plunged the country into a serious political crisis for months.

prehistory

The crisis was triggered by dissatisfaction with corruption, rising prices and a lack of government strategies to deal with the aftermath of the economic crisis. A third of the 5.3 million inhabitants of Kyrgyzstan live below the poverty line. The economic crisis exacerbated the problems caused by the reduced remittances of Kyrgyz workers from Russia.

Both the US and Russia each have a military base in Kyrgyzstan . Both bases are in the north near the capital Bishkek . Since 1996, the Pentagon has been continuously expanding its military presence in Kyrgyzstan as part of the FMF ( Foreign Military Funding ) program .

course

Seizure of power by the transitional government

Kurmanbek Bakiyev (2009)

Dozens of people were killed in demonstrations against the government in April. The leader of the Kyrgyz Social Democratic Party , Almasbek Atambayev , and other members of the opposition were arrested. At the same time, then President Bakiyev imposed a state of emergency and a night curfew in Bishkek and in the north of the country.

On April 7, the opposition announced the overthrow of the government and the establishment of a transitional government under ex-foreign minister Rosa Otunbajewa . President Bakiyev initially refused to resign and fled to the city of Jalalabat , his hometown in the south of the country. Bakiyev's confidants, such as the then mayor of the capital Bishkek, Nariman Tuleyev , were also removed from office.

In May, Bakiyev supporters fought with local Uzbeks in Jalalabat.

Fall of the President

The prosecutor's office also burned down during the riots

Opponents in the courtyard of the Kyrgyz presidential palace

A week after the uprising in Kyrgyzstan, the former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced his resignation and left with his family in neighboring Kazakhstan . After his return was refused by parliament, he eventually went to Belarus . He and members of his family are wanted for the murder of 87 demonstrators with an international arrest warrant.