BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov said on Thursday he would step down as acting president in the coming days in order to run in the January 10 presidential election.
Parliamentary speaker Talant Mamytov will take over as acting head of state in line with the constitution, Japarov told a news briefing.
The Kyrgyz constitution bars caretaker leaders from running in the presidential elections that they oversee.
(Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Editing by Gareth Jones; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov)
