Kyrgyzstan's acting president may seek constitutional change to run for full term

Kyrgyzstan's new acting president Sadyr Japarov, who came to power last week in a popular uprising, may run for a full term if the country amends its constitution to allow it, Russia's TASS news agency quoted him as saying on Monday. The Central Asian nation's constitution bars caretaker presidents from running in the elections they oversee. Japarov took over as acting president last week after unrest toppled his predecessor Sooronbai Jeenbekov's government. As prime minister and acting head of state, Japarov must now oversee a rerun of an Oct. 4 parliamentary election which was annulled after prompting violent protests, and a presidential election due to be held by mid-January.
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