Parliament rejects Constitutional Court’s ruling on special election

After the resignation of lawmaker D.Gantulga, who represented over 20,000 residents in Khentii Province through the Mongolian People’s Party, the General Election Committee (GEC) conducted activities to hold a special election in Khentii Province this month under the Law on Elections, and Parliament agreed to hold the special election on October 7, through its Resolution No. 62.

Following the parliamentary decision, three individuals filed a complaint about the resolution to the Constitutional Court as they believe that the resolution violates the Constitution. In response to their complaint, the court ruled that Resolution No. 62 violated several sections of the Constitution.

On October 11, Parliament reviewed the court’s decision, and the majority of lawmakers in attendance voted against the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which is why the court needs to review soon the parliamentary rejection to come up with a final decision.

A number of lawmakers underlined that within this fall session, Parliament should amend the current law on elections, and separate this law into different laws for the legislature, president, and local councils.