On Thursday, Parliament approved the appointment of new chairmen for standing committees. L.Gundalai noted that the new chairmen will have little impact, because there is not much time left in the current session of Parliament. He said the MPP was playing politics ahead of the parliamentary election, and he said state officials who are DP members should not be dismissed from their posts.

D.Odbayar was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Justice with the support of 88.6 percent of the voting MPs; J.Sukhbaatar was appointed head of the Standing Committee on State Structure with 81.8 percent of the vote; R.Bud was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Economics with 88.6 percent of the vote; O.Chuluunbat was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Budget with 90.9 percent of the vote;

D.Baldan-Ochir was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Nature, Environment, Food and Agriculture with 82.6 percent of the vote; A.Tleikhan was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science with 80 percent of the vote; and E.Munkh-Ochir was appointed head of the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy.