Omurbek Babanov financed presidential campaign of Almazbek Atambayev

Omurbek Babanov financed the presidential campaign of Almazbek Atambayev. The candidate for the presidency of the Kyrgyz Republic himself admitted this.

According to him, he has never been the head of headquarters of Bakiyev. «Atambayev knows that I was a stranger in that team. I submitted my application for resignation voluntarily and left the government of Usenov. I did not hold onto the chair and was not afraid, I was not in America. In 2010, I created Respublika party. We won the elections to the Parliament. When Atambayev failed to create a coalition, I gave him my hand and said that he should head the government,» Omurbek Babanov said.

«I helped him not only with my team, but also financially. After I left the post of prime minister, Almazbek Atambayev apologized, saying that it was a mistake,» Omurbek Babanov said.