Mongolians Abroad Say Their Right to Vote is Being Violated

Representatives of Mongolians residing and studying abroad held a press conference to say that their right to give vote is being violated under the new Election Law.

They say that under the amended law, 150,000 Mongolians abroad can't cast votes, and they are delivering a demand to the General Election Commission and Foreign Affairs Ministry to review the issue, and submitting a petition to the Constitutional Court protesting what they see as a breach of the Constitution.

Representative of Mongolian voters abroad said, Pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Constitution, all the authority of the state belongs to the nation. The Mongolian nation is eligible to be directly involved in the state's affairs and exercises this right through the institution of electing the state's representatives. Under Article 16.9, the public is...