Parliament to appoint 4 new Constitutional Court judges
As the six-year terms of four of the nine Constitutional Court judges have concluded, President Kh.Battulga has nominated three lawyers for the opening seats and Parliament has nominated one...
As the six-year terms of four of the nine Constitutional Court judges have concluded, President Kh.Battulga has nominated three lawyers for the opening seats and Parliament has nominated one.
Six-year terms of judges D.Sugar, N.Jantsan, T.Lkhagvaa and D.Naranchimeg have ended this month.
Section 65.1 of the Constitution states that the Constitutional Court is to be made up of nine judges, and Parliament shall approve a nominee for Constitutional Court judge proposed by itself or the president and Supreme Court to serve a term of six years.
The president, legislature and Supreme Court have the right to nominate three candidates each to Parliament.
Section 65.2 of the Constitution also states that a nominee for Constitutional Court judge must be a Mongolian citizen with extensive experience in legal affairs and politics, who is at the age of 40 or above.
President Kh.Battulga nominated lawyers L.Tuulkhuu, Ts.Nanzaddorj and B.Buyangerel, and Speaker of Parliament M.Enkhbold nominated lawyer Sh.Solongo as a replacement for Judge D.Sugar.
L.Tuulkhuu is currently serving as the deputy head of the General Authority for Court Decision, Ts.Nanzaddorj is a former head of the State Property Committee, B.Buyangerel is a former legislator of the People’s Great Khural before 1992, and Sh.Solongo served as deputy head of the Cabinet Secretariat.
On Monday, the Mongolian People’s Party’s caucus reviewed nominees of the Constitutional Court’s new judges proposed by the president and legislature.
As the caucus believes that the four nominees’ experience and qualifications meet essential requirements for judges of the Constitutional Court, the caucus agreed to support their appointments at the next parliamentary session.