New election bill passed

Politics
en_amarsaikhan@montsame.mn
2015-12-25 19:30:13

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ All draft amendments to Law on Parliamentary election of Mongolia was discussed at the plenary meeting of the State Great Khural (Parliament) on December 25. Thus, the General Law on Election was passed Friday with 86.7 percent approval.

Draft documents, suggesting changes for the parliamentary election law, were submitted by R.Burmaa and 15 other MPs and Su.Batbold and 6 other MPs on November 6.

Also, 10 MPs led by O.Baasankhuu presented draft amendments on November 13.

As it was necessary, according to related regulations, to immediately run the final readings of these documents, the Standing committee on State Structure discussed the draft documents wholly at the meeting of December 24.

According to the standing committee, the new law, embracing the proportional voting system, outlines that election days must be designated at least 150 days in advance.

It also directs that, should the state administrators and chairmen, directors and their deputies of state-run entities run for citizens’ representatives posts, they must resign from their positions at least three months in prior to election days.

In case the above mentioned officials are intending to run for parliamentary election, they must resign six months in advance. 

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