Sapar Isakov

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov ordered his government on Aug. 8 to take "urgent measures" in order to maintain the rule of law after a botched night raid to arrest his opponent, ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, turned violent.   

Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted to express no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Sapar Isakov on April 19 amid an apparent power struggle between the president and a leader of the ruling party.