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[JD @JacobDionD]

@bldg_cc Great conversation! Thanks for the summary Laura!

[Compassionate Courage @bldg_cc]

Excited to present our first newsletter! #compassionatecourage https://t.co/tIV4v3rRiq

[Colleen Wood @colleenwood_]

PM Sadyr Japarov calls for 5% threshold for party system elections (down from 7) and lowering the deposit from 5 to 1 million soms (~$61k-->$12k), but it's unclear whether new elections can be held w/ these rules without reform to the Constitution first

[Colleen Wood @colleenwood_]

@whodabest Waking up and immediately checking what happened overnight in Kyrgyzstan

[Colleen Wood @colleenwood_]

Kyrgyzstan (whose new prime minister Sadyr Japarov, who is also claiming he's acting president, was in jail as of last weekend for hostage taking and an attempted coup) "ranked first in world ratings for integrating former prisoners into society"

[JD @JacobDionD]

Group of protesters continue to surround House of Government, where coordination group called for an emergency session to elect a PM in support of Toktogaziev. In video, one man says "It's done, Japarov is PM"

[Kloop @kloopnews]

Что происходит у дома правительства

[Colleen Wood @colleenwood_]

Her sign says "Youth made the revolution! Lustration! Get it, youth! There's no path for the old, youth to the front!" Lustration has become the rallying cry of young activists, demanding an end to the musical chairs of seasoned politicians jumping parties and posts.

[Chris Rickleton @ChrisRickleton]

Thread on KG's Sadyr Japarov

- Parliamentary spox told AFP (twice) that he is acting PM
- He says he is "the only legitimate" PM
- Says he thinks Jeenbekov should resign
- Says he hasn't spoken to Jeenbekov but is ready to
- Doesn't recognise 1st opposition Coordination Council

[The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs @OxusSociety]

We are currently trying to update our protest tracker with all of the protests in the past three days in Kyrgyzstan- 55 and counting.

[Colleen Wood @colleenwood_]

Butun Kyrgyzstan candidates are sliding in to fill the power vacuum -- Kurman Asanov is now commandant of Bishkek, and Omurbek Suvanaliev is temporarily head of State Committee for National Security (GKNB)