Several top officials in the Kyrgyz presidential administration -- as well as the science, education, agriculture, and water resources ministers -- have been sacked.
Zainidin Kurmanov, a parliament member from the pro-Presidential Ak Zhol (Bright Path) party, told RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service that President Kurmanbek Bakiev intends to bring fresh forces into his political circle.
The coordinator of the For Justice movement, Alikbek Jekshenkulov, told RFE/RL that the reshuffle will not solve the current economic and political problems in Kyrgyzstan.
Opposition Ak Shumkar (White Falcon) Party leader Temir Sariev said that instead of changing his surroundings, the president should change his viewpoints and system of governing.