Ulaanbaatar
13 parties, 4 coalitions and 137 independent candidates file to run for elections
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The General Election Commission (GEC)
announced that it has completed receiving documents of candidates nominated by
the political parties or coalitions as well as independent candidates, who are
registered to participate in the 2020 election to the State Great Khural.
Pursuant to the Articles 32.2 and 32.3 of the Law on State
Great Khural Elections of Mongolia, the documents of candidates for the 2020
Parliamentary Elections have been received until 00:00 on May 22.
Within the legal term, thirteen parties and four coalitions
submitted their candidate documents and 137 independent candidates submitted
their documents to the GEC.
Within five working days after the receipt, the GEC screens
if the documents submitted are complete and will issue a decision on whether to
allow the candidates.
The receipt of candidates’ documents was organized in accordance with the recommendation of State Emergency Commission on COVID-19 prevention.
