SDPK declares itself opposition to authorities

17:38, 18 марта 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA

SDPK officially declared itself an opposition. Official representative of the party Kunduz Zholdubaeva told 24.kg news agency.

According to her, this statement has consequences for the faction in parliament, but there are no consequences for the political organization itself.

Kunduz Zholdubaeva added that such a statement allowed criticizing the authorities and proposing alternative ways of the country’s development.

Earlier, leader of SDPK parliamentary faction, Isa Omurkulov, stated that he would convey a party congress on April 3.

The Social Democrats’ Political Council called this decision illegal and said that SDPK Congress would be held on April 6.