The Standing Committee on State Structure held a regular meeting on Tuesday April 9th. During the meeting a draft resolutions on setting a date for the Presidential Election, Presidential Election budget and re-election budget were discussed.

The Chairman of the General Election Committee, Ch.Sodnomtseren, introduced the draft resolutions to the Committee member.

According to the law on presidential elections the voting day should be set by April 22nd.

The Chairman of the General Election Committee proposed to run the Presidential Election on June 26th.

MP O.Baasankhuu queried about the election date being set while MP R.Burmaa criticized that the election budget has been increased groundlessly.  The Chairman of the General Election Committee, Ch.Sodnomtseren, answered that the date for the election is compliant with the law.

Members of the Standing Committee on State Structure agreed that the re-election budget should be 17.2 billion MNT according to the law on the budget passed in 2013. The Presidential Election budget has been set at 15.8 billion MNT. Finally members agreed not to re-negotiate the Presidential Election expenses that have already been planned into the Government’s budget.

Out of the 17.2 billion MNT budget, 397.4 million MNT has been planned for re-polling in the 26th electoral district and 91 million MNT for media monitoring.