What's behind Kyrgyzstan's official announcement of the president's resignation?

The political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan began with the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan in early June. In this election, 15 registered political parties participated in the election, but in the end only four political parties reached the proportion of entering the parliament. It is doubtful that three of these four political parties are related to President Zheenbekov. Later, it was revealed that there were large-scale fraud in the votes of the two political parties supported by the president. This news is also the head of the OSCE mission responsible for supervising the election, Thomas? Bo Serup confirmed that large-scale protests broke out in major cities across the country and escalated into riots.

The opposition led by Kadir, the son of former President atambayev, surrounded and occupied the presidential palace, parliament and the National Security Council building. In addition, atambayev and Sadr were detained in the National Security Council prison? Zhaparov was also released. Under heavy pressure, Prime Minister Bolonov and Speaker Juma Bekov both resigned, and finally President Zheenbekov, who had been missing for many days on June 5438+00, announced his resignation. I don't want to go down in history as a leader who slaughtered people and shot them. ? It can be said that Zheenbekov is still very responsible. Faced with political pressure, he chose to back down and voluntarily gave up power.

Kyrgyzstan is the only country in Central Asia that can realize political party rotation and universal presidential election. This is indeed commendable, but the political situation in Kyrgyzstan itself is not very stable, especially since the beginning of the new century, the country has experienced three major political turmoil. In 2005, the Yellow Revolution broke out because of then-President Akayev's election fraud. Finally, he stepped down and went into exile in Russia. Riots broke out again on 20 10, and President Bakiyev was forced to resign and also went into exile in Russia. This is the third time, the same script, almost the same story. Zheenbekov may be exiled.

So what is the root cause of the riots?

Some people say it is a color revolution, but there is nothing wrong with it. It is a color revolution to realize regime change by non-violent protest. The root cause of this riot in Kyrgyzstan is the economic problems caused by the epidemic. Although Kyrgyzstan's economy has developed well in recent years, it is still very fragile. There is no decent industry in this country, mainly animal husbandry. In addition, one fifth of the country's people work abroad, mainly in Russia, so remittance is an important source of foreign exchange. However, this year's epidemic has prevented most people from going to Russia, the domestic job market is very limited, and people's living standards have seriously declined. The rescue measures that the government can take are very limited, and the epidemic control measures have had a great impact on this industry. People naturally need to find a breakthrough to vent their emotions, and this will find the government. The fraud in the parliamentary election just provided them with a good opportunity.