Ulaanbaatar
Democratic Party holds its 7th Assembly
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian Democratic Party held its 7th Assembly on February 12, Sunday to inaugurate its new Chairman S.Erdene, who was selected for the leadership of the party following an all-member election that took place on January 29.
During the election, S.Erdene received votes of 35.8 percent of the supporters of the party or 12 polling units out 30 units stationed across the country, thus claiming victory.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by more than 3300 members of the Democratic Party and leadership of the party including Z.Enkhbold, former Chairman of the party, L.Erkhembayar, acting Secretary-General of the party and E.Bat-Uul, Chairman of the Democratic Party of the capital city.
“I extend my gratitude to all supporters of the Democratic Party who have stood their ground for democracy until now, and have helped reform the party. Although the Democratic Party is an opposition in this Parliament with few seats, the party is working on its mistakes and aiming for change”, said former Chairman Z.Enkhbold as he transferred the chairmanship seal to his successor. He expressed his readiness to work with the new Chairman in order for the party to win the next election.
In his opening speech, the new Chairman said, “I have fought since the winter of 1989 to safeguard democratic values. Today, we confront a historic challenge to maintain and advance Mongolian democracy. Having brought about democracy in a one-party system, the Democratic Party will continue to strive to nurture democratic development in Mongolia”.
He also said, “I will ensure correlations between the young, middle and senior generations of the party and gender equality. The Democratic Party can sustain the society the Mongolian people want. Together we will claim victory in the 2017 Presidential Election and 2020 General Elections”.
Acting Secretary-General L.Erkhembayar said, “It’s time to navigate towards reform of mindset”, entrusting the new Chairman to lead the party to reform of mindset.
Following the inauguration, the Secretary-General was assigned to submit the new Chairman’s name to Supreme Court of Mongolia. The 7th Assembly discussed the renovation of the Democratic Party’s Main Principles, selection procedure of leadership of the party’s National Consultative Committee and local committees and other organizational and functional issues.
