The MPRP group in Parliament has requested the Standing Committee on Justice to defer its discussion of President Ts.Elbegdorj’s nomination of Ts.Byambatsogt as Deputy Prosecutor-General. The Committee is scheduled to debate the issue on Wednesday, along with appointment of a new Chief of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The President submitted his nomination of Ts.Byambatsogt on October 14 to the Parliament Speaker. It is believed the MPRP group would oppose the appointment  of Byambatsogt as it feels his predecessor, B.Tserenbaltav, was pressurized into resigning even though he still  had a year left of his term.

The Parliament Speaker nominates the NHRC head, and then Parliament approves it. After Ms.D.Solongo finished her term last winter, D.Demberel nominated Ms. D.Altai to succeed her. She is a member of the MPRP and a former leader of the party’s women’s wing, and now heads the Mongolian Democratic Socialist Women’s Committee. The DP group in Parliament has not yet approved the nomination on the ground that the NHRC should be headed by a non-political person and preferably one with experience of work in the human rights field.