AKIPRESS.COM - Former adviser to President Almazbek Atambayev Farid Niyazov said he was instructed to head the election campaign of the candidate to president from SDPK party.
Niyazov noted that he was heading the election campaign in 2011 as well.
When asked when the congress starts nominating the candidate, Niyazov said the nomination will begin only the day after the Parliament passes a resolution on appointment of the election day.
“But our future candidate has already been determined by the political council. It is the current Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov,” he said.
Landmark presidential election in Kyrgyzstan is set to take place on October 15.