It is reported that at one of the rallies during the pre-election campaign in the Osh region of the country the candidate allowed himself sharp nationalistic statements to attract the electorate. Babanov spoke about the infringement of the rights of people of Uzbek nationality, about the alleged national inequality in the country and pressure on people of Uzbek nationality by state bodies.
As a result, the prosecutor's office of the country applied to Omurbek an article of the criminal code on incitement of national, racial or religious enmity, he faces 10 or more years of imprisonment.
As reported in "URA-Inform", earlier the president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country.