The leader of Social Democrats party Temirlan Sultanbekov and his father were taken to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek again.
Candidate for deputy of the city council Kadyrbek Atambayev stated that today, November 14, at about 4.30 a.m., law enforcement officers arrived at the house of Sultanbekov’s parents, forcibly put the party leader and his father in a car and took them to the police station.
Searches were conducted at the headquarters of Social Democrats political party on November 13, and its leader Temirlan Sultanbekov was taken in for questioning. Kadyrbek Atambayev was also there.
Irina Karamushkina posted on Facebook that an investigative team had arrived to her. Later, she was also taken in for questioning. Today, November 14, the press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the capital reported that Irina Karamushkina and the official representative of the party were detained and placed in a temporary detention facility.
The Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek reported that a criminal case had been opened under the article «Vote buying» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic after an audio recording of a conversation allegedly between the head of the headquarters of the Social Democrats party Irina Karamushkina and a candidate Daniyar Cholponbaev was posted on social media, where they allegedly discussed vote buying in the upcoming elections of deputies of local councils, which will be held on November 17, 2024.
The presidential decree «On the dissolution of local councils and calling the elections of deputies of local councils» was issued on September 6. Elections of deputies of 33 city and 231 rural councils are scheduled for November 17.
