May 12, 2021
In this July 12, 2016, file photo, a boy holds a Mongolian flag as he stands on the sidelines before a horse racing competition during the second day of the Naadam Festival in Khui Doloon Khudag on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Credit: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File
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On June 9, presidential elections will take place in Mongolia for the eighth time since the democratic revolution in 1990. In the weeks leading up to the election, the political stakes have soared. Political polarization has been coupled with court rulings, presidential decrees, party splits, and mergers. All of this has put Mongolia’s rather institutionalized party system in an unprecedented state of instability which, if not checked, might lead to the unexpected collapse of democracy in the country.
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.