ULAN BATOR, Jan 22 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – The ruling Mongolian People’s Party, today, decided to nominate Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene, chief cabinet secretary, as the country’s next prime minister.
Oyun-Erdene received full support from members of the party, who attended an online conference today, to select a nominee for the next prime minister, after the resignation of the government.
The 41-year-old has served as a member of parliament since 2016. The nomination will be submitted to President Khaltmaa Battulga, and approved by parliament.
Yesterday, Mongolian Prime Minister, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, proposed the resignation of his entire government, after two ministers quit, amid social pressure and public protests, and parliament accepted his proposal.
Protests were triggered in the capital, Ulan Bator, by a TV footage, showing a COVID-19 patient, who had just given birth, being transferred from a maternity hospital to a quarantine facility, wearing only hospital pyjamas and plastic slippers, in freezing weather condition, with her new-born baby, on Tuesday night.– NNN-MONGOLIAWEB
