During Monday’s meeting, the Standing Committee on Justice in Parliament discussed the call by MP O.Baasankhuu for Justice Minister Kh.Temuujin to resign. The majority of the Committee members, however, voted for the discussion to be postponed.

The Democratic Party (DP) stated that the party does not take one particular position on the issue.

The DP caucus head D.Erdenebat commented that “It is an open issue for MPs to express their stance, because Justice Minister Kh.Temuujin`s reform in Mongolia`s legislative system is essential. The legislative reform itself is a key influence to DP`s policy on reform. Thus I hope MPs in the DP caucus will express their own stances themselves.

But for the opposition party, the Mongolian People`s Party MPP, only a few MPs who belong to the Standing Committee were against the issue.

Three out of the MPP members in the Standing committee voted to postpone the discussion of the call for the resignation of the Justice Minister. The MPP caucus decided to review the issue.

Member of the Justice Coalition O.Baasankhuu called for the resignation of Justice Minister and the incident embarrassed the Justice Coalition caucus. The coalition is divided into two on the issue as several members of the coalition voted in favor the resignation of the Justice Minister but a number say his resignation is not necessary. The coalition pledges to take one stance on the issue in one week’s time.