Voters line up to cast ballots in Kyrgyzstan elex

Long lines stretched outside polling stations Sunday during Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections. Sixteen parties are vying for the 120 seats in the legislature, which has significant powers in appointing the prime minister and has occasionally acted as a counterweight to the president and cabinet in recent Kyrgyz history.

The current parliament is ruled by a coalition in which the Social Democratic Party (SPDK) has the most seats — 38.In the summer of 2019, ex-president and ex- SPDK chairman Almazbek Atambayev was arrested on corruption charges after a raid on his residence and sentenced to 11 years in jail.

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