Special Report: Unrest in Kyrgyzstan>>
A view of the main building of the prosecutor's office with its emblem in Bishkek April 8, 2010. Kyrgyzstan's opposition said on Thursday it had taken power and dissolved parliament in the poor but strategically important Central Asian state after deadly protests forced President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to flee the capital.
Kyrgyz opposition parties Thursday formed an interim ruling coalition to replace the government of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has fled to southern Kyrgyzstan after a day of bloody unrest in the capital.
The move was announced at a news conference by Roza Otunbayeva, who will serve as prime minister.
The new governing body would fulfil the duties of the president and the government and rule the Central Asian nation of five million for six months before calling new elections, she said.
The new government has four deputy prime ministers.
She said Wednesday's demonstration in Bishkek was a struggle against the former government's "autarchy" and "tyranny." She also said the former government was accountable for the bloodshed.
She said the opposition was looking for Bakiyev to discuss a transition of power but had failed to establish contact with him. His whereabouts remained unknown.
The governor of the southern Jalalabad state told Ferghana news agency that Bakiyev, who was first elected president in 2005 and reelected in 2009, had resigned.
Bakiyev, who was born in 1949 in Jalalabad state, fled to southern Kyrgyzstan after the presidential palace in Bishkek was stormed and occupied by opposition supporters Wednesday night.
On Thursday, Xinhua reporters found the building, once an embodiment of the state power, was in a total mess.
Hundreds of young people entering and leaving the building, smashing offices, and searching for valuable items.
There were several burned cars on the square in front of the presidential palace, and documents and furniture were scattered around.
Otunbayeva said the Kyrgyzstan-U.S. contract on a U.S. military base in her country would not be affected by the regime change for the moment.
"Its status quo will remain in place," she said, "Give us time and we will listen to all the sides and solve everything."
The international airport near Bishkek has reopened and flights have been resumed. The U.S. military base is located inside the airport.
Meanwhile, another opposition leader, former defense minister Ismail Isakov, told reporters the interim government had banned all senior officials of the Bakiyev administration from leaving the country.
Isakov also said the new government had won the support of the military and the interior ministry.
The Kyrgyz opposition told Xinhua protesters had occupied state government buildings in the southern states of Osh, Batken and Jalalabad. Bakiyev had fled to Osh city from Bishkek.
Mamasadyik Bakirov, governor of Osh State, was driven away when he tried to talk to demonstrators.
On Wednesday, police opened fire on thousands of protesters attempting to force their way into the presidential palace.
The interim government's health minister said 74 people had been killed and 530 others injured in the unrest.
The unrest followed unrest Tuesday in the northern Kyrgyz town of Talas, during which at least 15 police officers went missing and 16 civilians and 85 policemen were injured.
The uprising broke out after the head and deputy head of the main opposition Ata-Meken party were arrested Tuesday.