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In December 2022, corruption revelations involving the state-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT) mining company sparked enormous protests in Ulaanbaatar. What initially began as a backlash against an entrenched “coal mafia” snowballed into a trenchant critique of the government’s inability (and unwillingness) to provide a better future for Mongolia’s youth. Protestors told The Diplomat that suffocating
Mongolian President Takes Emergency Action to Protect Sovereignty and Democracy
Corrupt anti-democratic forces launched stealth attack on free and fair June presidential election
April 22, 2021 15:07 ET | Source: President of Mongolia President of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa issued an emergency directive to disband the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), in order to safeguard the sovereignty and democracy of the country. The action came after the MPP gave itself unconstitutional authority to change election rules for the June 9 presidential election that would exclude President Battulga from the ballot.
In his announcement, President Battulga said the