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Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has signed an order on the government’s resignation due to the breakup of the parliamentary majority coalition, a representative of the presidential press service told Interfax on Wednesday.

The order said the decision had been made “in connection with the official declaration of the loss of parliamentary majority status in Jogorku Kenesh (parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic by the coalition of factions formed under a coalition agreement between factions of the Social Democratic Party, Kyrgyzstan, Onuguu-Progress and Ata Meken dated November 2, 2015, and compliant to Article 65, Part 7 Article 84 of the Kyrgyz constitution, Clause 1 Part 1, Paragraph 2 Part 4 Article 13 of the constitutional law of the Kyrgyz Republic ‘On the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic’.

The prime minister and cabinet members were ordered to continue the execution of their duties consistent with their positions until the day of appointment of a new government and heads of administrative agencies.

The order took effect at the moment of its signing.