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Double Deel Direct

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes As Bulgan B recently pointed out to me, every member of PM Oyun-Erdene’s new cabinet is an MP! Maybe not surprising for many parliamentary democracies, but this has been a lingering topic of discussion for many years. … Continue reading →

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PS: Constitutional Reform & Double Deel

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Constitutional revision remains under consideration in Mongolia. If the MPP wins the presidential election in June 2017, there may be less pressure toward a revision of the relative power of president and parliament (most recent discussions in … Continue reading →

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Balance of Power in Expanded Parliament

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes The 2019 constitutional amendments were partly aimed at shifting the balance of power toward parliament and cabinet, away from the presidency. For example, the prohibition on the double deel was intended to strengthen the prime minister by … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Elections 2024: Yet Another New Election System

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith, Julian Dierkes, and Enkhtsetseg Dagva As many observers have noted, Mongolian election systems have changed from election to election for the past 20 years. In this post, we detail the form of the June 2024 Parliamentary … Continue reading →

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Challenging Supermajority

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Following the 2020 parliamentary and 2021 presidential election, there were some fears that the MPP’s electoral wins and occupation of all three highest offices would lead to some kind of one-party domination. Most readers will recall then-Pres … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Amendments, Again?

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes It appears that constitutional amendments are in the air again and some claim that these are likely to be addressed in a special parliamentary session in August or early on in the Fall session. These amendments would … Continue reading →

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Cabinet Observations

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes [I had begun writing this post on July 3, i.e. just before PM Khurelsukh’s cabinet was announced. While the speculation about appointments has been overtaken by that announcement, perhaps some of the thinking behind cabinet appointments will … Continue reading →

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More Constitutional Amendment Proposals

Posted on August 23, 2019 by bulgan batdorj

By Bulgan Batdorj We want to briefly update our audience on the constitutional amendment in Mongolia since our last article Constitutional Amendments. There are two draft proposals, one submitted by the 62 members of parliament on June 6, 2019, and … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Amendments

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes and Mendee Jargalsaikhan Constitutional change has been discussed in Mongolia for some time. Despite the super-majority that the MPP holds in parliament at the moment, we were not expecting amendments to actually be proposed, but now they … Continue reading →

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Cabinet Reshuffle: Dambadorj for Foreign Education Minister

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes With all the scandals surrounding corruption in the past month and the no-confidence vote against PM Khurelsukh failing, it’s time for a re-imagining of a previous post. I’m expanding my campaign from trying to become the foreign … Continue reading →

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Pleased by the Khurelsukh Cabinet

Posted on October 22, 2017 by mendee

By Mendee Jargalsaikhan  The recent political developments in Ulaanbaatar have brought ‘hopes’ for some and ‘disappointments’ for others while being simply neglected by the majority as ‘typical’ political jokers and gaming.  Because of the lack of FORMAL institutional lockings, I … Continue reading →

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Disappointed by the Khurelsukh Cabinet

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes My dominant view of developments in Mongolia is, “If only…”. The economic, political and social development promise is there, yet its fulfillment is always one or two good decisions away. In my view, Khurelsukh’s cabinet unfortunately signals … Continue reading →

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A New Prime Minister: Same Politics or Reform?

Posted on October 4, 2017 by mendee

By Mendee J The election of U Khurelsukh as Prime Minister and surrounding politicking raise two interesting questions: (1) Do they (so-called reformist faction of the MPP) mean business and want to reform the party?   Or, is the ‘second echelon’ … Continue reading →

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Erdenebat Cabinet

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Julian Dierkes

By Bulgan B & Julian Dierkes Contrary to usual practice to wait to form a new government after a June election until September, the newly-elected Mongolian parliament met in July already to elect a Prime Minister and a cabinet. Given … Continue reading →

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Cabinet Appointment: Dumbledorj for Foreign Minister

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Things are moving very fast with the new MPP government, it seems like now is the time to make my pitch for a cabinet appointment… Beware of a feeble attempt at humour… This is the newsflash I’m hoping … Continue reading →

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