The first candidate for the presidential post submitted the documents to the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan. CEC informed 24-kg.com news agency.
According to the commission, he is the chairman of League — Anticrisis NGO, a native of Bazar-Korgon district, Jalal-Abad region Nazarbek Nyshanov. Previously, he was the leader of the Patriotic Party of Kyrgyzstan.
Nazarbek Nyshanov is known for criticizing the interim government and creation in December 2012 a popular-patriotic revolutionary movement of the so-called «pure opposition forces». However, the movement did not conduct any active work.
In 2007, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that Nazarbek Nyshanov was wanted for embezzlement in a particularly large scale.
To be registered as a presidential candidate, an applicant must collect at least 30,000 signatures in their support and deposit a pledge of one million soms.
