Clarifying elections results from the controversial June 30 parliamentary elections, B.Battulga, Chairman of the General Election Committee, has said “As a result of parliamentary election, Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party captured 39 seats, the Democratic Party has won 25 seats, the Civil Will Party took one seat, and an independent candidate has one seat.’’

While international observers have declared Mongolia’s parliamentary election to have appeared free and fair, many voters continue to voice doubts about the election’s overall fairness.

Post-election riots in Ulaanbaatar resulted in five deaths as four people were shot to death during the riot, and one died of asphyxiation inside the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party.  
 
Also, Ch.Amarbold, Chief Officer of the General Police Department, said 13 people remain unaccounted for.

Amidst the many rumours heard since the rioting, both the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and Democratic party have been suspected of backing the July 1 riots.

Even one month later, the new members of State Great Khural have not been able to be sworn in. By law, the Mongolian Parliament needs a quorum of 57 members to carry out business. While 66 new MPs were certified as elected, the opposition Democratic Party was able to order its 25 MPs to walk out of parliament during its first session, thus preventing the members of parliament and government ministers from being sworn in.

Further, Democratic Party members declared they have many questions about the decisions made before and after elections by the General Election Committee. Also, Democratic Party and the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party are now negotiating on nine issues prior to the Democratic Party returning to Parliament. So far, reports indicate the group has agreed on seven issues and remain far apart on the remaining two issues. An MPRP representative has also said one of the issues remains impossible to compromise on. It is unclear about continuing progress on these negotiations. However, Mongolian President N. Enhbayar has requested both sides to quickly conclude the negotiations.

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