Kyrgyz parliament approves Maksat Asanaliev as security committee chief
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- Kyrgyzstan’s parliament unanimously approved Maksat Asanaliev’s appointment as head of the State Committee for National Security on Sept. 2.
- The vote also approved his dismissal as prosecutor general.
- President Sadyr Japarov had appointed Asanaliev acting security committee chief after removing him as prosecutor general in June.
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has given unanimous approval for Maksat Asanaliev to become head of the State Committee for National Security, known by its Kyrgyz abbreviation, UKMK.
The vote on Sept. 2 also approved Asanaliev’s dismissal as prosecutor general. Parliament backed the decision after its committee on judicial and legal affairs, law and order, crime prevention and anti-corruption reviewed the matter.
President Sadyr Japarov removed Asanaliev as prosecutor general in June and appointed him acting head of the security committee. The parliamentary vote now clears his appointment to the position permanently.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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