The parliamentary committee on constitutional legislation, state structure, judicial, legal issues and regulations considered candidates for the positions of the heads of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts of Kyrgyzstan.
It is specified that the Council of Judges earlier proposed to the President to nominate Zamirbek Bazarbekov for the position of the head of the Supreme Court and Emil Oskonbaev — for the position of the head of the Constitutional Court.
The committee of the Parliament approved them and submitted the issue to Parliament for consideration.
Emil Oskonbaev had already worked in the constitutional body of the country. He was the only one of 11 judges of the Constitutional Chamber, who opposed the changes to the Constitution, which were proposed and seemingly pushed through by the President Almazbek Atambayev.
Zamirbek Bazarbekov previously chaired the Council for the Selection of Judges and was a lawyer of Sadyr Japarov. In December 2020, the president appointed him the head the Department of Judicial Reform and Legality of the Office of the President.
The head of the Supreme Court Nurgul Bakirova resigned on January 31. On Tuesday, the deputies accepted the resignation of the Chairman of the Constitutional Chamber Karybek Duisheev at the request of the President Sadyr Japarov.
