President Japarov signs new Constitution of Kyrgyzstan
AKIPRESS.COM - President Sadyr Japarov today has signed a new Constitution of Kyrgyzstan adopted through referendum on April 11.
The ceremony of signing of the Constitution is held in Ala Archa State Residence.
The ceremony is attended by members of the Parliament, judges, government members, public figures.
1,322,124 people have voted in the constitutional referendum. The voter turnout has made 36.66%.
1,048,660 voted for a new Constitution or 79.3%.
181,370 voted or 13.72% against it.
The Council of Europe Venice Commission and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR/OSCE) said in a Joint Legal Opinion on the draft of new Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic that some provisions threaten the necessary balance of power and the protection of individual freedoms, essential to democracy and rule of law.