The Head of the Standing Committee on Justice,
B.Bat-Erdene has written to State Prosecutor General D.Dorligjav asserting that
the Committee did not willfully delay taking a decision on the demand for the
dismissal of the head and the deputy head of the Anti-Corruption Authority.

The letter says the Committee “heard the
director and the deputy director separately, to get maximum information to help
settle the case without politicizing the issue”.  A review of documents and testimony from
related officials led to the Committee deciding that “the issue was not clear”.
Members of the Committee “also felt that dismissing officials appointed by
Parliament without detailed scrutiny of all available material will adversely affect
the morale of those working against corruption”. Article 22.5 of the anti-corruption
law “is clear that anti-corruption officials must not be dismissed for reasons
not indicated in law”.

The Standing Committee also wanted that Parliament’s
Monitoring Special Sub-committee must resume its own investigation into the matter
without any hindrance from the anti-corruption organization.