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Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president's powers

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Voters in Kyrgyzstan will cast ballots Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president’s powers in this impoverished Central Asian nation.The referendum comes three months after Sadyr Zhaparov was elected president, following the ouster of the previous president amid protests, the third time in 15 years that a leader of Kyrgyzstan had been driven from office in a popular uprising

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Times of India

Kyrgyz vote on constitution boosting presidential powers

Japarov, a 52-year-old populist, has brushed aside political opponents since coming to power on the back of an October political crisis in which he was first released from jail by supporters, beginning a dizzying rise to the leadership.

3 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president's powers

Voters in Kyrgyzstan will cast ballots Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president’s powers in this impoverished Central Asian nation. The referendum comes three months after Sadyr Zhaparov was elected president, following the ouster of the previous president amid protests, the third time in 15 years that a leader of Kyrgyzstan had been driven from office in a popular uprising. In the January…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president's powers

Voters in Kyrgyzstan will be casting ballots on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president's powers

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Kyrgyzstan likely to support switch to presidential rule in referendum

Voters in Kyrgyzstan are likely to support handing greater powers to the presidency in a referendum on Sunday, given high public trust in President Sadyr Japarov, a populist politician catapulted into the post from a prison cell last year.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president's powers

MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kyrgyzstan will cast ballots Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution that would substantially increase the president’s powers in this impoverished Central Asian nation.

3 years ago·United States

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