Political researcher and
Director of Sant Maral Research Center L.Sumati has told the Uls Turiin Toim
newspaper that the DP stands to gain from adoption of a proportional system of
election to Parliament, as its MPs have not sufficiently nurtured their
electoral districts. He said the choice of system should be debated by experts
and not decided by popular vote.

He also felt the DP could
win many more votes if it represented the opposition than as part of a ruling
coalition. If the DP chose to present itself as a party in power the opposition
slot would be occupied by the Civil Will-Green Party and the MPRP. There is no
strong opposition force in Mongolian politics today but the MPP fears a large
section of its traditional base could support the MPRP. However, the new party
has been plagued by dissension and many of its managing officials have resigned
after finding that they had no role in framing the party’s policy.

With the MPP and the DP in a
ruling coalition, the role of opposition is up for grabs.