Экс-депутат пожаловался Садыру Жапарову на его «советника» Кубандыкова: Заставил меня сдать мандат

Former Bishkek City Council deputy Zhanybek Asanbekov told President Sadyr Japarov who forced him to resign. He attended the president's meeting with residents of the Kochkor district on June 24. According to Asanbekov, he was the leader of the Emgek faction. "Due to certain circumstances, I was stripped of my mandate and forced to resign. I have repeatedly contacted you about this matter. Whenever I sent a letter, it was returned. Legal proceedings are currently underway. The identity of who exactly initiated this and succeeded in having my mandate stripped remains partially unknown," he said. President Sadyr Japarov asked for an open statement about who exactly forced him to resign. He clarified that the Emgek faction forced him to resign. Zhanybek Asanbekov stated that both the faction and presidential adviser Zhanybek Kubandykov were behind it. "Zhanybek Kubandykov called and said, 'Either they'll put you in jail, or come and hand over your mandate yourself.' I didn't go and hand over my mandate. They held me until five in the morning. Around five o'clock, they called my wife. My wife was on bed rest in her ninth month of pregnancy. After that call, her water broke, and she was taken to the hospital. Later, they told me, 'Your wife is in the hospital. Choose between the baby or the mandate.' I had no choice, and I was forced to hand over my mandate," he said. Sadyr Japarov said the case should be reviewed. "This is a matter for the prosecutor's office; it's a matter that the prosecutor's office should further examine. His claim that he was my advisor is not true. In 2021, when I arrived, about 20 people received certificates as part of public initiatives. I issued one back then, but a year later, all of that was revoked. After that, he continued to call himself an "advisor." He was later arrested, as you know, and was recently released. He's currently under house arrest; he has several other cases to resolve, and he was told he could be arrested again until he completes them. He was detained at the request of the prosecutor's office, but he was later released again and is now continuing to deal with his own affairs. That's how many people are held accountable for actions like these. There are people who have used my name as a cover, claiming to be my advisors, relatives, or team members, and defrauded others, taking money. Many of them have already been arrested and even returned the money. There have also been those who "appointed themselves to positions" using my name as a cover. Therefore, you shouldn't take anyone's word for it. My family—my relatives, my children—you know, they are not involved in such matters. Over the past five years, you haven't heard of anyone close to me being involved in such situations. "So don't believe those who hide behind my name and say, 'I was an advisor,' 'I was on the team.' Let law enforcement agencies investigate everything else. Let them figure out why his mandate was revoked, summon him, and conduct an investigation," the president said. Sadyr Japarov clarified whether he had been working well and who had taken his place. According to Zhanybek Asanbekov, he had contacted the prosecutor's office and raised various issues. He also said that a representative of Askar Salymbekov's team had taken his place. "They probably didn't like you," Sadyr Japarov said. Zhanybek Asanbekov said he had raised issues with the bazaars, but he had come not for the bazaars, but for the interests of the people. He explained that his mandate is first reviewed by the territorial election commission and then approved by the Central Election Commission. However, before the Central Election Commission approved it, he himself submitted a request to resign his mandate, as, according to him, he was forced to do so. The commission did not review the application and referred it to court. The legal proceedings are currently ongoing. He also reported receiving a response from the prosecutor's office stating that his appeal could not be considered without additional materials and statements. [ Official channel of the AKIpress news agency ] Watch and read us: Our website: www.akipress.org Instagram: instagram.com/akipress Facebook: facebook.com/akipress Twitter: twitter.com/akipress Telegram: t.me/akipress TikTok: tiktok.com/@akipresskg