Kyrgyz president asks Social Democratic Party to form new ruling coalition

Kyrgyz president asks Social Democratic Party to form new ruling coalition
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has asked the Social Democratic Party (SDPK) to form the country's ruling coalition, the presidential press service said Thursday.

In a mandate to Social Democratic Party faction leader Chynybay Tursunbekov, Atambayev said he had used his power under the constitution to ask the SDPK to form a coalition government and nominate a prime minister.

People hope that all branches of power will "work fairly and harmoniously," the president said.

Kyrgyzstan's fragile ruling coalition collapsed Friday, one day after the new president took office.

Tursunbekov announced last week that his party decided to pull out of the coalition because of disagreements among the three-way coalition, and he hoped that the president would give the SDPK a mandate to form a new coalition.

Atambayev hoped the new coalition could work in consent.

He also proposed that the number of parliamentary committees be reduced from 16 to 10 or 11 and that of ministries from 20 to 15 or 16.

Editor: Yamei Wang

English.news.cn   2011-12-08 19:15:21              
BISHKEK, Dec. 8 (Xinhua)