Ulaanbaatar,
April 22, 2026 /MONTSAME/. Member of Parliament Bum-Ochir Dulam, on April
21, 2026, submitted to Speaker of Parliament Byambatsogt Sandag a draft law
amending the Law on Elections of Citizens’ Representative Khurals of aimags,
the capital city, soums, and districts.
According
to the lawmaker, Mongolia’s Constitutional Court previously ruled that certain
provisions of the Parliamentary Election Law violated articles of the
Constitution.
Those
provisions had allowed members of parliament, before the official nomination
period began, to distribute reports on their work and hold meetings with
voters for that purpose without such activities being considered election
campaigning.
Following
the ruling, Parliament accepted the Constitutional Court’s conclusion under
Resolution No. 32 of 2025, repealed one relevant clause, and revised another
provision to apply more broadly to any person rather than only members of
parliament.
In
connection with those changes, Bum-Ochir said there is a legal need to align
the corresponding provisions of the local election law with the Constitution,
the Constitutional Court’s ruling, and international human rights treaties to
which Mongolia is a party.
The
submitted draft law contains two articles. It would amend Article 47.7 of the
local election law by replacing the phrase “local Khural Representative” with
“any person.”
The
amendment would stipulate that, before the nomination process begins, meetings
organized to present work reports to voters, activities not prohibited by law,
and distributed reports would not be considered election campaigning.
According to
the Parliament’s Media and Public Relations Office, the bill’s author said the
amendments would help uphold the constitutional principle that all persons are
equal before the law and cannot be discriminated against based on employment or
official position.
