Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan
The Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Республикасынын Конституциялык соту, romanized: Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Konstitutsiyalyk sotu) was formerly the highest court of Kyrgyzstan's legal system. It judges on the constitutionality of laws and is composed of nine judges.
History
[edit]In 1989, a law was passed establishing the Constitutional Oversight Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. In 1990, the COC was abolished, a law was passed establishing the Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic.[1] The laws on its activities was adopted in 1993. Critics argued that its politically charged judgement such as allowing President Akayev to re-run for President despite the Presidency being limited by term limits are evidence of a lack of judicial independence.[2][3]
The Constitutional Court was abolished on 7 April 2010 with the adoption of the new Constitution and its powers transferred to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court on June 27, 2010.[4] In 2021, however, the Constitutional Court was re-established as a result of a new version of the Constitution.[5]
Chairmen
[edit]- Cholpon Baekova (1993-2007)
- Svetlana Sydykova (2008—2010)
- Mukambet Kasymaliev (2013-2016)
- Erkinbek Mamyrov (2016-2019)
- Karybek Duysheev (2019-2022)
- Emil Oskonbaev (2022–present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Баекова Ч. О конституционном правосудии в Кыргызской Республике Archived 2011-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, 2001. «Конституционное правосудие» № 4(14) 2001-1(15) 2002
- ↑ Kyrgyzstan: The Challenge of Judicial Reform Crisis Group Asia Report N°150, 10 April 2008, p.3
- ↑ Trochev, Alexei; Juzgenbayev, Alisher (2023-11-10), "Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia", Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 139–168, doi:10.4337/9781800378346.00014, ISBN 978-1-80037-834-6, retrieved 2024-03-24
- ↑ "BBC News - Q&A: Kyrgyzstan referendum". 24 June 2010.
- ↑ https://constsot.kg/ru/about/istoriya/
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