Onuguu-Progress demands from Speaker extraordinary meeting of Parliament

09:58, 27 февраля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA

Onuguu-Progress faction sent an official letter to the Speaker of Parliament Chynybay Tursunbekov on the need for an extraordinary session of Parliament on the fact of detention of Ata Meken faction leader Omurbek Tekebayev. Secretariat of the faction reported.

«In order to avoid an escalation of the political situation, we offer the deputies to openly discuss all the facts and reasons for the arrest of Omurbek Tekebayev. I believe that political conflicts must be solved in the Parliament. Otherwise, outside the system, they can turn into radical one but we are not very interested in it," Bakyt Torobaev said.

Recall, Omurbek Tekebayev was detained yesterday.

He is charged with fraud and corruption. The court shall choose preventive measure for the leader of the Socialists today afternoon.