Mongolian PM resigns after public outcry
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January 22, 2021
ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia’s prime minister resigned Thursday following protests and public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby.
Landlocked Mongolia reported just a handful of Covid-19 cases last year after imposing strict border controls, but in November its first domestic transmissions caused a new wave of lockdowns and restrictions.
Anger mounted this week after TV footage showed a woman who appeared to have recently given birth being moved to an infectious disease centre wearing only hospital pyjamas and plastic slippers, despite temperatures dipping to minus 25 degrees Celsius.
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(Bloomberg) Mongolia’s prime minister resigned a day after protests against his government’s Covid-19 control measures erupted in capital Ulaanbaatar.
Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa submitted his resignation and a proposal to dissolve his government Thursday after hundreds gathered outside the parliament building to demonstrate against the policies.
Parliament, which is controlled by Khurelsukh’s Mongolian People’s Party, voted overwhelmingly Thursday to accept his resignation.
In a speech Thursday, the premier accused President Battulga Khaltmaa, from the rival Democratic Party, of orchestrating the protests. Battulga, who’s term expires later this year, expressed shock at Khurelsukh’s remarks in a separate speech.
Mongolian PM resigns after protests over Covid infected mother’s treatment
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Landlocked Mongolia reported just a handful of Covid-19 cases last year after imposing strict border controls.
Mongolia’s prime minister resigned Thursday following protests and public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby.
Landlocked Mongolia reported just a handful of Covid-19 cases last year after imposing strict border controls, but in November its first domestic transmissions caused a new wave of lockdowns and restrictions.
Anger mounted this week after TV footage showed a woman who appeared to have recently given birth being moved to an infectious disease centre wearing only hospital pyjamas and plastic slippers, despite temperatures dipping to minus 25 degrees Celsius.
ULAANBAATAR (BLOOMBERG) - Mongolia s Prime Minister resigned a day after protests against his government s Covid-19 controls measures erupted in capital Ulaanbaatar.
Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa submitted his resignation and a proposal to dissolve his government on Thursday (Jan 21) after hundreds gathered outside the Parliament building to demonstrate against the policies.
Parliament, which is controlled by Mr Khurelsukh s Mongolian People s Party, was still debating the resolutions as at 6pm.
If the government is dissolved, a new prime minister could be chosen on Friday, according to the news website Ikon.mn.
In a speech on Thursday, the premier accused President Battulga Khaltmaa, from the rival Democratic Party, of orchestrating the protests.