Kyrgyzstan calls new parliamentary election in December

Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Sadyr Zhaparov, left, walks behind ousted president Sooronbai Jeenbekov during an official transfer of power ceremony at the Kyrgyzstan Parliament in Bishkek on October 16 (Vladimir Voronin/AP)

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have called a new parliamentary election for December following a disputed vote that led to the resignation of the country’s president.

The October 4 parliamentary election saw a landslide win for pro-government parties, a result the opposition dismissed as having been manipulated.