Attempts to start political parties fail

In response to requests of Z. Bat-Otgon and B. Batsukh to register their new political parties, the Supreme Court reviewed the registration of Great Amity Party and Ger District Development Party on April 16.

Judges of the Supreme Court made a decision to reject the registration of Great Amity Party as Z. Bat-Otgon, the founder of the new party, didn’t fulfill the requirements of a new party outlined in the Law on Political Party.

As founders of Ger District Development Party did not have the paperwork with respect to Resolution No.15 dated November 20, 2017 by the Supreme Court on creating a political party, the Supreme Court denied the registration of the new party.

After getting all required paperwork, founders of these two parties are able to resubmit their requests to the Supreme Court.

Some people say that creating a political party is very hard for people without good connections or a lot of money, but a judge of the Supreme Court noted that if founders who want to create a political party submit all documents required by the law to the Supreme Court, anyone will be able to register their political party.

On March 5, the Supreme Court reviewed a request by G. Temujin and his associates to register World’s Mongolians Party, and the court approved their request as they fulfilled all essential requirements for registering a political party under the Constitution, the Law on Political Party and the Law on State Registration of Legal Entity.

As World’s Mongolians Party was registered, currently there are 28 active political parties in Mongolia.