The Monitoring and Ethics Committee of the MPRP today called a press conference to deny reports in the media that the Deputy Chief of the party, Ts.Shinebayar, has resigned following differences with the party Chief, N.Enkhbayar. They said Shinebayar has not informed the party of his resignation and so continues to be its Deputy Chief, according to rules.

These say that if a nominated person does not wish to accept the position of Deputy Chief, he or she should discuss it with the Chief. If their discussion bears no fruit, the party’s general conference will discuss the issue and take a decision. This procedure has not been followed in the present case, and so the party considers Shinebayar has not left it and continues to be its deputy chief.