Ulaanbaatar
State Great Khural opens its extraordinary session
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. An extraordinary session of the State Great Khural (Parliament) opened today, August 17.
In his opening address, Chairman of the State Great Khural G.Zandanshatar emphasized that a parliamentary working group, together with the Bank of Mongolia, plans to formulate a draft resolution on reducing interest rates.
Stressing the upcoming elections of Citizens Representative Khurals of the provinces, the capital, soums and districts to be run in October, Mr. Zandanshatar emphasized that the Law on Administrative and territorial units and their governing system would be revised as a continuation of the constitutional amendments.
He said, "This session will generally focus on the realization of the promises we have made to our constituents and the platform we have offered, as well as the determination of a policy that will guide the country’s finance and economy in the coming years. For this, ministers must always remember that they have been sworn in by the State Great Khural and work hard for the good of the people. The government action plan is not a list of dreams and even a summary plan, but a set of aspirations expressed by the people during and after the elections, as well as a policy document to be engaged in radical reform and changes in every sector. A goal of igniting the people's faith in reform in every sector and in building a better life should begin with this session. This fire should be stirred. It will result in bringing lights into a Mongolian society and restoring the confidence of Mongolians in the government."
The agenda to be considered during this session:
1. A draft of a five-year
guideline for the development of Mongolia;
2. A draft of the government action plan for 2020-2024;
3. Bills to amend the State Budget 2020, Budget of Social
Insurance Fund for 2020, Budget of Health Insurance Fund for 2020;
4. A draft
parliamentary resolution on ‘Approval of the performance of the 2019 state
budget, the performance of the 2019 state budget and unified fiscal report of
the government;
5. 2021 state budget framework statement, and bill on budget
assumptions for 2022-2023
6. A revised bill on Administrative and territorial units
and their governing system, related bills and draft resolutions;
7. The Presidential partial veto on the Law on the State
Great Khural of Mongolia, dated May 26, 2020
8. A parliamentary resolution on ‘Approval of strategy to
reduce loan interest rates’;
9. A draft parliamentary resolution on ‘Agenda to be discussed during the Parliament’s autumn session of 2020.
