Kyrgyzstan's new Prosecutor General and SCNS Chief to serve in acting roles until autumn

Kyrgyzstan's Parliament, the Zhogorku Kenesh, does not intend to convene an extraordinary session to confirm the appointments of the new Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). Sources within Parliament informed 24.kg news agency that both positions will remain filled by acting officials until the start of the autumn parliamentary session.

This development follows recent personnel changes initiated by President Sadyr Japarov. Decrees were signed dismissing the previous heads of the Prosecutor General's Office and the SCNS and appointing new acting leaders. Maksat Asanaliev, the former Prosecutor General, has been appointed as the head of the SCNS, while Malik Bekturganov, his First Deputy, is now the acting Prosecutor General.

According to the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, the candidacies for both the Prosecutor General and the SCNS Chairman require approval from the Zhogorku Kenesh. However, parliamentary sources indicate that deputies are unlikely to hold an extraordinary meeting on these matters before the fall. The final confirmation of these key law enforcement leadership roles is therefore anticipated after Parliament resumes its work in the autumn.