Kyrgyzstan names date of next presidential elections

By Azernews

By Kamila Aliyeva

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has signed a law on presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, the presidential press service reported.

Under the law, the next presidential election in Kyrgyzstan will be held on October 15, 2017.

Kyrgyzstan is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.

The President of Kyrgyzstan is elected using the two-round system. Under the 2010 constitution, the presidential term is six years, but re-election is barred.

The existing legislation stipulates that Kyrgyzstan’s mixed presidential-parliamentary constitution cannot be altered until 2020. 

During the presidential elections in 2011, Atambayev won with more than 60 percent of votes. 

Atambayev, who is 60 years old, has repeatedly stated that he will not seek the role of a prime minister or any other national political office once his current presidential term ends in 2017.

He has no right to participate in the upcoming election, since the Kyrgyz law prohibits the country’s citizens from being elected president for two consecutive terms.