Weekly review for November 8-12, 2021


November 8, 2021. Under the decree of the President of Mongolia to honor Mongolian heroic epics, the “Argil tsagaan uvgun” (A worldly-wise old man) epic was performed in the State ceremonial ger, where the President of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh, Chairman of the State Great Hural G.Zandanshatar, Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene were present at the opening ceremony. The "Argil tsagaan uvgun" epic with about 3,800 lines of poetry symbolizes the spread of goodness. The ballade praising started at 11:40 am and ended at 06:30 pm.


November 8, 2021. Authorities of the Secretariat of the State Great Hural organized training for newly elected members of the State Great Hural (E.Batshugar and Ts.Iderbat) to provide information and support issues.


November 9, 2021. At the Standing Committee meeting on Industrial Policy, MPs D.Batlut and J.Erdenebat were approved as members of the Small and Medium Enterprise Subcommittee, MPs G.Damdinnyam and L.Munkhbaatar were approved as members of the Heavy Industry Development Subcommittee.


November 9, 2021. Standing Committees on Legal Affairs, and Innovation and e-Policy held first discussion of the draft laws on Protection of Personal Information, and on Public Information.


November 9, 2021. Member of the State Great Hural, Chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Science and Sports G.Damdinnyam and Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan called a press conference regarding the package draft law on Education. According to the Order of the Chairman of the State Great Hural, 7 working groups were established to reform the educational sector.


November 10, 2021. At the Standing Committee meeting on Ethics and Discipline, it was resolved to discuss the revised draft resolution of the State Great Hural on Code of Ethics for Members of the State Great Hural of Mongolia.


November 10, 2021. Chairman of the State Great Hural (Parliament of Mongolia) G.Zandanshatar received the newly appointed Ambassador and the Head of the European  Delegation to Mongolia H.E. Ms. Axelle Nicaise. She presented her credentials to the President of Mongolia on November 8, 2021. During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on cooperation in the areas of e-transition, legal reform to support investment, green economic policy, increasing foreign trade, and achieving sustainable development goals.


November 11, 2021. Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene submitted the draft law on the Legal Status of Whistleblowers to the Chairman of the State Great Hural G.Zandanshatar. The draft was formulated to create a legal enactment to protect whistleblowers, who criticized, reported and exposed activities of public and private entities, from any harassment and prevent them from becoming victims of crime and revenge.


November 11, 2021. At the plenary session of the State Great Hural, the final discussion of amendments to the law on the Structure of the Government of Mongolia and other draft laws were held and transferred to State Structure Standing Committee for finalization. Also, the final reading of the Budget Framework Statement for 2022 and Budget Assumptions for 2023-2024 was held and transferred to Budget Standing Committee. Moreover, first discussion of the draft laws on Protection of Personal Information was held.


November 12, 2021. At the plenary session of the State Great Hural, the law on the Structure of the Government of Mongolia was ratified. Also, the 2022 State Budget of Mongolia was approved with 16.4 trillion MNT in total revenue and 18.2 trillion MNT in total expenditure.

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