WASHINGTON – The Prime Minister of Mongolia resigned early on Tuesday after he did not get sufficient support in a voice of trust in parliament, Mongolian media reported. The embassy of the country in Washington confirmed it.
Prime Minister Oyun-Medene Luvsannamsrai received 44 votes, well of the 64 needed, according to news site Ikon.mn.
The vote followed on weeks of protests that were told by reports of lush editions by the Prime Minister’s son. Some called on the prime minister to resign.
Before the mood, Oyun-Medene warned that the mood could lead to instability and the young democracy of Mongolia could shake.
“If the board becomes unstable, the economic situation deteriorates and political parties cannot come a consensus. It could cause the public to lose confidence in parliamentary rule and possibly our democratic parliamentary system that collapsed a collapse of collapsing,” he said.
He defended his integrity, but acknowledged a mistake: “Spending too much time on major projects while he does not pay enough attention to social and internal political matters.”
Oyun-Medene had held the position for four years and survived earlier calls to resign.
Last year the parliament was expanded from 76 seats to 126 after election reforms. It resulted in a coalition government.
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia has difficulty becoming more democratic after the party’s era. A communist state during the Cold War has turned into a democracy since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The protesters have said that the mineral riches of the country have benefited the business interests and the rich, while many Mongols are still living in poverty.
“It is very difficult to build that basis for democracy” At a time when Mongolia also has to tackle economic problems, which are an important source of people’s frustration, it said Murphy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow of India and emerging Asian economy at the center for strategic and international studies.
“We still have to see what happens next and how the new government is planning to tackle these problems,” she said.
While democracy still has to thrive in Mongolia, “it shoots root,” said Murphy.
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