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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,