38 Lawmakers Demand Speaker's Resignation

Five lawmakers, including T.Ayursaikhan, Kh.Nyambaatar, L.Oyun-Erdene, J.Batzandan and L.Bold, held a news conference about the demand for the dismissal of Speaker of Parliament M.Enkhbold.

The five legislators stressed that 38 lawmakers have signed the demand as they believe that M.Enkhbold has no ethical rights to chair Parliament.

T.Ayursaikhan said, 'It is a commonly known that dismissing the prime minister is easy in Mongolia, and the president can be impeached, but why is ousting the speaker of Parliament so tough, and everyone who is serving in Mongolia's state apparatus can be dismissed if he or she violates the law, but M.Enkhbold is still ignoring others' demands despite the fact that his illegal actions were uncovered.'

He noted that the 38 lawmakers and some other lawmakers supporting the demand still want M.Enkhbold to resign voluntarily, and those lawmakers will not attend parliamentary session until M.Enkhbold resigns.

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