Twenty-two MPs announce readiness to refuse of their full powers
PoliticsUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ In
regard with recent embezzlement scandal around the Small and Medium Enterprise
Development Fund, 22 MPs announced that they are documenting a letter which
expresses their readiness to refuse of their full powers, and started
collecting signatures of MPs.
Today,
eight MPs including J.Bat-Erdene, N.Nomtoibayar and L.Enkh-Amgalan reported
press about it. In the beginning of the press conference, MP J.Bat-Erdene said, “We
are very critical towards the incidents that MPs and members of government received
loans from SME Development Fund, which has actual impact on creating jobs and reducing
poverty. Regarding the Fund’s matter, we, 22 MPs, have signed an official letter to
make an initiative to undergo investigation of legal organizations by refusing
of our full powers of Member of Parliament. We are calling for all MPs to sign
this letter. After having signatures, we will submit it to the Parliament’s Subcommittee
on Ethics.”
Asked
whether MPs whose associated companies allegedly received loans from the fund have
signed the letter or not, MP J.Bat-Erdene replied, “Currently, MPs who connected
with the scandal have not signed. We will keep calling all MPs to sign the
letter.”