GEC rejects MPRP Nominee N.Enkhbayar www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On May 14, Sunday, General Election Commission registered the presidential nominees of ruling Mongolian People’s Party and Democratic Party. On the other hand, the commission rejected Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party’s Chairman, presidential nominee N.Enkhbayar.
The commission rejected the documents of former President N.Enkhbayar on the grounds of three faults. The first reason is submission of incomplete documents. Secondly, presidential nominee N.Enkhbayar’s imprisonment sentence ends on August 2. Lastly, Law of Mongolia on Election regulates that a presidential candidate must have resided in the country for the last 5 years preceding the election day, and N.Enkhbayar didn’t reside in Mongolia for 13 months during the last 5 years, specifically from August 13, 2013 to October 9, 2014.
As such, MPRP nominee N.Enkhbayar attended the General Election Commission’s meeting on May 14 regarding the presidential candidates to give explanations as some supporters of the party gathered outside the building of General Election Commission to demand the registration of their nominee.
In cases of objections to registering a nominee, the election law regulates that the party can either submit the pending documents or propose a different nominee. May 17 is the day General Election Commission publicly announces the names of presidential candidates and May 27 is the day the candidates are presented with their certificates.
Published Date:2017-05-15