Vice Speakers of parliament appointed

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its very first plenary meeting on Tuesday just after the swear-in ceremony of MPs, the newly-formed parliament discussed appointment of Vice Speakers. The new parliament has two caucuses, and each caucus is eligible to nominate its Vice Speaker, thus the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) has proposed Ts.Nyamdorj, while the Democratic Party (DP)--Ya.Sanjmyatav. After considering the issue, Ts.Nyamdorj was selected as the Vice Speaker with 97.1% votes of MPs, and Ya.Sanjmyatav also became another Vice Speaker with 95.8% votes. On behalf of all parliamentarians and himself, the Speaker M.Enkhbold congratulated the new Vice Speakers, and pointed out that the next plenary meeting will consider new compositions of Standing committees.