'I was and will be proud of working with this person' — ex-mayor about Almazbek Atambayev

AKIPRESS.COM - "I was, am, and will be proud of working with this person," former mayor of Bishkek Albek Ibraimov said about Almazbek Atambayev on December 23 at the hearing in Lenin district court. The process is being held on the case of ex-mayors Kubanychbek Kulmatov and Albek Ibraimov.
The hearing is chaired by judge Kubanychbek Kasymbekov.
Ibraimov told about former President Almazbek Atambayev in his last statement.
The ex-mayor said that it was interesting for him to be in a courtroom, look at the people's behavior and listen to them. He said that a person begins to slander others to protect himself.
Ibraimov also noted that the given criminal case is a political order.
"Everything started after I gave an interview in April of 2018 to media that wrote what things started happening in the country. Then I told that I don't betray my friends," he said.