Mongolian President Takes Emergency Action to Protect Sovereignty and Democracy
Corrupt anti-democratic forces launched stealth attack on free and fair June presidential election
April 22, 2021 15:07 ET | Source: President of Mongolia President of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa issued an emergency directive to disband the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), in order to safeguard the sovereignty and democracy of the country. The action came after the MPP gave itself unconstitutional authority to change election rules for the June 9 presidential election that would exclude President Battulga from the ballot.
In his announcement, President Battulga said the
2021-05-12 11:27:18
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On June 5, 2020, Mongolia celebrated the Buddha Day (Buddha Purnima) as an official public holiday for the first time. In 2021, the Buddha Day is to be celebrated on May 26, Wednesday. This day, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of summer every year, according to the Buddhist calendar, is dedicated to mark three momentous events in Buddha s life – his birth, enlightenment, and his departure from the human world.
The State Great Khural, parliament of Mongolia, made an amendment to the Law on Public Holidays in December 2019, making the Buddha Day a nationwide public holiday, and some parliament members pointed out that the Buddha Day should be celebrated as a day to encourage compassion, empathy and kindness and promote love for mother nature, parents and family.
2021-05-04 17:16:36
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today, May 4, organized a discussion with members of Mongolia’s Parliament, or State Great Khural, on ways to increase citizen engagement in the political process. The event is the latest in a series of workshops on legislative transparency taking place under USAID’s Strengthening Women and Youth Engagement in the Electoral and Political Processes in Mongolia (SWYEEPPM) program.
The discussion focused on ways to utilize both traditional media and new digital platforms to engage constituents, as well as best practices and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaker G. Zandanshatar opened the forum, and former U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte provided the keynote address.
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Ulaanbaatar, May 4, 2021 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today organized a discussion with members of Mongolia’s Parliament, or State Great Khural, on ways to increase citizen engagement in the political process. The event is the latest in a series of workshops on legislative transparency taking place under USAID’s Strengthening Women and Youth Engagement in the Electoral and Political Processes in Mongolia (SWYEEPPM) program.
The discussion focused on ways to utilize both traditional media and new digital platforms to engage constituents, as well as best practices and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaker G. Zandanshatar opened the forum, and former U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte provided the keynote address.
2021-05-03 13:57:39
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Over the past weekend, two political
parties and one coalition in the Mongolian parliament, State Great Khural, have
completed selecting their candidates to run for the upcoming presidential
election of Mongolia, scheduled on June 9, 2021.
In specific, the Steering Committee of the ruling Mongolian
People’s Party supported Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, who is a leader of the party and
served as Prime Minister of Mongolia between 2017 and 2021, as a presidential
candidate.
The Democratic Party – the opposing party in the parliament
is currently divided into two parts. The General Election Commission is
expected to decide registering which Democratic Party by the end of this week.