President Ts. Elbegdorj has sent a list of suggestion for
MPs to consider when Parliament discusses the draft budget for next year. It
includes the following.
1. -To
approve the reforms proposed in the draft, aiming to give more financial power
to local governments;
2. –To approve MNT5 billion for reform of state
organizations, and to approve some spending on special organizations and public
organizations;
3. –To approve
implementation of a program for judicial reform already approved by the
National Security Council and to allot at least 1.5 percent of the total budget
to the judicial sector;
4. –To approve resources for university and
institute students’ stipend beginning from 2011;
5. -To approve
money allowing each citizen a thorough medical examination once a year;
6. –To approve money to provide an apartment to all
doctors and teachers;
7. –To approve
money to build new or repair old clinics, schools and kindergartens and to give
construction rights to local authorities,
8. -To approve
money to provide improved health services, particularly for mothers and
children;
9. -To
approve money for constructions of national importance, such as cultural monuments,
national parks, theaters, libraries, sports palaces, etc.;
10-To approve
spending at least MNT10 million on preparation of post-graduate professionals
in special fields of national impoprtance;
11-To
allot funds for appropriate celebration of the 2220th anniversary of the first Hunnu
state;
12-To allot
MNT8 billion to protect special places and Ulaanbaatar from an air strike;
13-To allot
MNT 4.4 billion to provide border soldiers with more horses; and
14-To allot
MNT10 billion to keep Ulaanbaatar free from garbage.