Kyrgyz Parliament Approves Maksat Asanaliev to Head State Security Committee
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- Kyrgyzstan’s Jogorku Kenesh unanimously approved Maksat Asanaliev’s appointment as head of the State Committee for National Security.
- Parliament also approved his release from the post of prosecutor general.
- Asanaliev resigned as prosecutor general on June 30, and Malik Bekturganov became acting prosecutor general.
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has approved Maksat Asanaliev as head of the State Committee for National Security. The Jogorku Kenesh voted unanimously on September 2 to release him from his position as prosecutor general and agree to his new appointment.
The parliamentary committee on judicial and legal affairs, law and order, crime prevention and anti-corruption first considered Asanaliev’s release. Deputies then unanimously backed the committee’s decision during a plenary session.
Asanaliev submitted his resignation as prosecutor general on June 30. Malik Bekturganov was subsequently appointed acting prosecutor general. Asanaliev had also served as acting head of the State Committee for National Security.
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