The President’s Office has announced that President Ts.Elbegdorj has decreed that a new law on preventing conflicts of interest among state officials should take effect on May 1, 2012, and not on July 15, 2012, as specified in the law. The President says his decree is in accordance with a Constitutional provision that says all citizens have equal rights before the law.

The President noted that, after the 2012 parliamentary election, there will be a new Parliament and a new Government, and high-ranking officials will be appointed to state agencies. He said the law should be enforced before the election. That, he said, meets the requirements and expectation of society.

Therefore, Ts.Elbegdorj wrote, Chapter 30.1 of Provision 30 of the law on preventing conflicts of interest among state officials is repealed based on relevant laws, the Constitution, and the authority of Parliament and the President.