Parliament gathers for extraordinary session

09:51, 25 августа 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Julia KOSTENKO

Parliament gathered for an extraordinary session. The meeting began with the anthem of .

Speaker of the Parliament Chynybai Tursunbekov thanked his colleagues for their work in the regions.

Today, the deputies must elect a new head of government. The current head of the presidential administration of Almazbek Atambayev Sapar Isakov is the candidate for the post.

Note, the head of state asked the speaker of the Parliament to convene an extraordinary session of the parliament due to the fact that on Monday Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned. He is running for the post of head of state, and the CEC has already registered him as a presidential candidate.