Following the Supreme Court ruling that Article 15.6 of the Law on Political Parties does not allow the recent political group formed under the leadership of former President N.Enkhbayar to use the name MPRP, MP and Deputy Chief of the group, Ts.Shinebayar, yesterday submitted a plea to the Constitutional Court to strike down the article as it “violates citizens’ rights to form a group and to freely elect their representatives”.

The group pleading to be registered as the MPRP comprises mostly of people who were members of the MPRP before it decided to rename itself as MPP. The Supreme Court cited Article 15.6 to rule that breakaway members of a political party could not use the name, symbol, flag, seal or assets of the party if it decided to reorganize itself or change its name.