The Standing Committee on Justice of the Parliament discussed the President’s veto at a meeting and voted to accept it with more than 90 percent of the members voting.
Earlier today (30 May), the Democratic Party of Mongolia organised a demonstration on Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square against the government. S.Erdene, leader of the DP said at a press conference on 22 May that: ‘there is currently no political opposition movement
President Kh.Battulga held a meeting with resident and non-resident ambassadors of the EU member states to Mongolia which has been regularly organized in Ulaanbaatar since 2009. The 11th meeting is taking place on May 28-29. Present at this meeting were,
Non-resident ambassadors of some European countries to Mongolia presented their letters of credence to President Kh.Battulga on Monday. The latter received Ambassadors of the Portuguese Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Swiss Confederation, and the Republic of Croatia.
At Thursday’s plenary session of the State Great Khural, Kh.Battulga, President of Mongolia called on parliament to dissolve itself. This is the second time the Mongolian president has made the proposal on dissolving the country’s 76-seat unicameral parliament. Late last
Former President N.Enkhbayar has been nominated as the Mongolian People’s Revolution Party candidate for the forthcoming Khentii by-election. The nomination was approved earlier today (24 May) at a congress of the party. Over 91 percent of members who attended the
Ulaanbaatar’s Chingeltei District Court decided today (23 May) to release B.Khurts, the controversial former director of Mongolian’s General Intelligence Agency (GIA) on bail. He has been detained by the Criminal Police Department over the ongoing ‘torture to confess’ investigation. B.Khurts
Former Mongolian lawmaker G.Batkhuu, also former Deputy Chair of Democratic Party, was found dead in Mongolia’s most important building, the State Palace, on Friday (17 May). According to one source, G.Batkhuu was discovered by a security guard with an apparently
Earlier today (17 May) the cabinet approved the appointment of 7 new ambassadors. In accordance with procedure, the list must be approved by the president.
The proposed new ambassadors are as follows;
-B.Dorj to be appointed as Mongolian ambassador to Poland.