At the closing meeting of the spring parliamentary session Speaker Z.Enkhbold announced that the Mongolian Parliament would be recalled for one day. The date mentioned was 3^rd August. We have obtained the following brief information from Parliamentary Public Relations Chief, O.Batkhand.

-When will the Speaker issue an order for the recall?

-The Speaker has officially announced that there will be a one-day recall meeting on 3^rd August. During this meeting, Parliament will discuss the Criminal Law, Economic Transparency Law and other related legislation. Regarding the Order, this has not yet been officially issued; nevertheless, we are preparing for the meeting.

-Is there any rule which provisions how many days in advance the Recall Order needs to be issued?

-Under Parliamentary Law, there are several provisions about the recall of Parliament, but none about the issuing dates.

-Will the necessary quorum of members be sufficient?  

– If the recall order is issued the MP’s have the duty to attend meeting. Therefore, we assume that there will be the necessary quorum.

-There are rumors that most of the MP’s have requested to postpone the meeting until after the summer recess ends September. Is it true?

– This is not official information. The only official information is that the Speaker announced the discussion of the laws at the closing meeting of the last session.