It is a victory for the demonstrators mobilized since Sunday, October 4 against the results of the legislative elections.

The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan annulled the controversial results of this election, after a night of post-election violence that left one dead and led to the liberation by the street of the head of state's great rival.

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Koubatbek Boronov has resigned, replaced by Sadyr Japarov.

"The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting" of the Parliament, announced the press service of the assembly, adding that the meeting had taken place in a hotel because of the seizure of the seat of the assembly by the demonstrators.

Earlier, Tuesday, October 6, demonstrators invaded the seat of power in Bishkek, the capital, disputing the results of the poll, and released former President Almazbek Atambayev from prison.

The protesters, who called for the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and the holding of new parliamentary elections, have met no resistance.

Accusations of fraud, including vote buying, tarnished the elections held on Sunday, October 4.

The head of the OSCE mission to observe the elections, Thomas Boserup, had judged that the elections had been "generally well", but that "credible allegations of vote buying raise serious concern" .

No resistance

The cell of the former leader, who was serving an 11-year prison sentence and is a former protégé of the current president, was in the National Security Committee building and the guards offered no resistance, he said. .

Videos posted soon after on social media showed Almazbek Atambayev waving to his supporters.

A witness who participated in entering Parliament but requested anonymity told AFP that the protesters had forced their way into the building.

"No one was trying to protect him when the crowd came in," he said.

"We stopped, we sang the national anthem and we entered the building without (meeting) any resistance", he added, specifying that only a few "technical agents" were then inside. and quickly withdrew.

More than 600 injured and one dead

The controversial results of Sunday's legislative elections brought down thousands of power critics on the streets of the capital on Monday, October 5.

Clashes erupted in the evening after riot forces tried to disperse the protesters using stun grenades, tear gas and water cannons.

The demonstrators responded with cobblestones and other projectiles, protecting themselves from the police, including burning garbage cans.

On Tuesday October 6, a group of armed men attacked with weapons a major gold mine in the country which had to suspend its activities, according to a spokeswoman for the company Alliance Altyn, which operates the mine.

The clashes left one dead and more than 600 injured, 164 of whom were hospitalized according to the Ministry of Health.

Democratic exception

Before the cancellation on Tuesday October 6 of the result of controversial legislative elections and the resignation of the Prime Minister, the history of Kyrgyzstan, the former Soviet republic of Central Asia, has been marked by multiple turbulent episodes.

Ala-Too Square had already been the starting point for two revolutions in 2005 and 2010, which successively overthrew two presidents.

Surrounded by authoritarian regimes, Kyrgyzstan, a poor mountainous country, is a democratic exception in Central Asia, even if political transitions have always been stormy.

With AFP

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