LONG-WAITED REVISED LAW ON ELECTION PASSED

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ On Thursday, the State Great Khural (parliament) passed the draft amendment to the law on election. This has happened after about three years of discussing.


Pursuant to the law, the parliamentary election for 2012 will run through a system with dominating majority with the ratio 48:28. In other words, 28 of the 76 MPs will be elected by a proportional system, while 48 will be individual candidates nominated by their parties.

"Having overcome many difficulties we have passed the revised election, a working group and the Standing committee have spent a great deal of time to work on it, now, the new law must be promoted among the public," said D.Demberel, the Speaker.

In order to gain a seat in parliament, a political party must get five percent of the total national votes. Not less than 20 per cent of the MPs shall be women. Candidates and political parties are forbidden to promise cash handouts or stocks for voters, all attempts have been restricted to buy votes.

It is considered that the law will improve responsibilities of political parties and candidates. State servants are replaced by representatives of political parties to work at the electoral constituencies and sections. If a state servant violates the law, he/she will be fired, losing the right to serve the state again.

One of the most significant importances of the revised law is allowing the Mongolian citizens abroad to vote, nonetherless, it will not be possible if there is no Mongolian dipmission in a place he/she resides in.

B.Khuder

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