"A decision was made to nominate a single candidate from our parties: Omurbek Babanov to the post of the prime minister and Tilek Toktogaziev to the post of the first deputy prime minister", Toktogaziev read out a memorandum signed by the leaders of the four parties.
The opposition politician expressed the belief that Sadyr Japarov, appointed prime minister by the parliament, was not a legitimate head of the cabinet. Earlier this week, Kyrgyzstan's opposition coordination council proposed Toktogaziev as a candidate for the post.
Mass protests erupted in the Central Asian country on Monday following parliamentary elections. Protesters, led by supporters of the parties that failed to pass the threshold for winning seats in the parliament, clashed with law enforcement and stormed the parliament building. One person died and at least 1,000 people were injured during the clashes.
