PROPOSAL MADE TO PROHIBIT NOMINATION OF VODKA PRODUCERS TO PARLIAMENT

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A national forum on the public involvement in reducing alcohol drinking harms ran at the State Residence Friday. The Minister of Industry and Agriculture H.Battulga delivered a speech on current state of the nation’s vodka production, expressing his position on harms of alcohol abuse and prevention methods. He mentioned an urgent need to tighten up the nomination criteria of the parliament elections, recommending a restriction on individuals who had been sentenced in crimes related to drug business and who has an alcoholic beverage and/or cigarette business. Present at the forum were the advisor to the President Ch.Sosormaa, a Health Deputy Minister J.Amarsanaa, an Education and Science Deputy Minister B.Urgamaltsetseg and others.