Mongolia’s PM resigns after losing confidence vote

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Mongolia’s PM resigns after losing confidence vote

Mongolia ‘s prime minister has resigned after failing to get enough support in a vote of confidence in parliament.

Mongolian media reported on the outcome on Tuesday and the country’s embassy in Washington confirmed the no-confidence vote.

Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai received 44 votes, well short of the 64 needed, according to news site ikon.mn.

The vote followed weeks of protests sparked by reports of lavish spending by the prime minister’s son, with some calling for the prime minister to step down.

Protesters said the country’s mineral riches had benefited business interests and the wealthy, while many Mongolians still lived in poverty.

Oyun-Erdene had warned the vote could lead to instability and shake Mongolia’s fledgling democracy.

“If governance becomes unstable, the economic situation deteriorates, and political parties cannot come to consensus. It could lead the public to lose faith in parliamentary rule and potentially put our democratic parliamentary system at risk of collapse,” he said.

He defended his integrity but acknowledged a mistake: “dedicating too much time to major projects while paying insufficient attention to social and internal political matters”.

Oyun-Erdene had held the post for four years and survived previous calls to step down.

Last year, parliament was enlarged from 76 seats to 126 following electoral reforms, resulting in a coalition government.

Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia has struggled to become more democratic after its party-state era. A ********** state during the Cold War, it has been transforming into a democracy since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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