Latest Breaking News On - Independent agency against corruption - Page 1 : vimarsana.com

Mongolia's ex-PM accused of corruption by US Department of Justice - The Diplomat

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Ex-Mongolian PM Accused of Corruption by US Justice Department

Batbold Sukhbaatar has been accused of corruption before, featuring in the Panama Paper and Pandora Papers, but has never been convicted.

2022 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT

President relinquishes his power to appoint judges and head of IAAC

Parliament overrides President's vetoes on Laws on Anti-Corruption and Courts

2021-01-28 17:07:00 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. At its plenary session held on January 28, the State Great Khural of Mongolia rejected a line-item veto imposed by President of Mongolia Battulga Khaltmaa on the Law against Corruption, adopted on December 30, 2020. The proposal to reject the veto has been forwarded by the parliament’s standing committees to the parliament.  On January 22, the President invoked a line-item veto on Article 1 of the Amendments to the Law Against Corruption, which rules that the Director of the Independent Agency Against Corruption (IAAC) to be appointed at the recommendation of Prime Minister for a 6-year term.  At the parliament’s session, member of the parliament S.Byambatsogt noted that the recent amendment to the Law against Corruption is in compliance with the amendments to the Constitution of Mongolia, which authorizes the government with powers to take measures for the fight against and prevention of crime. “Therefore,