Kyrgyzstan president fires ministers, consolidates power ahead of election

Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov fired three ministers Monday seen as close to the dismissed former head of his security services, as he clears the political decks ahead of elections. Once seen as a hope for democracy and openness in the otherwise highly authoritarian region of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan has been marked by political instability and […] The post Kyrgyzstan president fires ministers, consolidates power ahead of election appeared first on Digital Journal.