Acting President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov signed a law relieving Ovezgeldy Atayev reports from his duties as chairman of the Majlis (parliament), Interfax . The duties of the speaker were entrusted to the deputy chairman of the Mejlis, Akdzha Nurberdyeva.

In accordance with the Constitution of Turkmenistan, the chairman of parliament should have been entrusted with the powers of the head of state until the election of a new president. Meanwhile, earlier on December 22, the Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan Muhammetguly Ogshukov asked parliamentarians for consent to initiate a criminal case against Atayev and arrest him. The deputies agreed, suspending Atayev’s powers as a deputy of the country’s parliament.

At the meeting, broadcast entirely on national television, the Prosecutor General presented a number of facts related to Atayev’s activities. Thus, according to the report of the Prosecutor General, Ataev abused his official position and grossly violated the rights of citizens guaranteed by the constitution. “Having personal tribal enmity, he opposed the meetings and marriage of his adopted son Maksat Ataev and Gulsen Orazsahedova, whom he systematically insulted and actually drove her to suicide,” the prosecutor general said.

According to Ogshukova, in June 2006, the girl took 60 tablets of the drug "diphenhydramine" and was taken unconscious to the intensive care unit of the Niyazov Medical and Consultative Center in Ashgabat. Thanks to surgical intervention, Orazsahedov was brought back to life, but the diagnosis of “acute drug poisoning” was changed to the diagnosis of “epileptic seizure.”

died in Ashgabat at the age of 67 Let us remind you that on the night of December 21, the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov . The cause of death is said to be sudden cardiac arrest.

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