Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev speaks during an interview with Reuters in the state residence in Bishkek March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
BISHKEK (Reuters) - The ruling coalition in Kyrgyzstan's parliament collapsed on Tuesday, meaning Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev must step down and his cabinet resign, the bloc's leader said.
The nation of 5.5 million stands out in autocratic post-Soviet Central Asia for its efforts to build the first parliamentary majority in a region where other leaders wield sweeping powers and national assemblies are rubber stamps.
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