The Social Democratic party, the biggest party in parliament, broke up with its coalition partners on Monday over their refusal to back proposed constitutional reforms. A bill calling a referendum on the constitutional reform on Dec 11 needs to be passed in the final, third reading to become law. Tekebayev was, along with Atambayev, one of the leaders of protests in 2005 and 2010 that toppled two successive Kyrgyz presidents. Some other former allies, such as Roza Otunbayeva, interim president in 2010-2011, have also criticised Atambayev's reform plan. The Social Democrat and Ata Meken coalition also included the Kyrgyzstan and Onuguu-Progress parties - which supported the constitutional reform - and the bloc controlled 80 out of 120 seats in parliament.

Source: bd News24 October 26, 2016 05:48 UTC