U.KHURELSUKH NAMED AS PRIME MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Acting Deputy Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh has been elected the candidate for the post of prime minister. The Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) Conference held its meeting on September 25 during which a secret poll was conducted to elect a prime ministerial candidate. The nominees proposed by the party’s Administrative Council to the Conference were Acting Deputy Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh, Parliament members N.Enkhbold and U.Enkhtuvshin. Acting Deputy Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh won 188 votes or 63.9 percent support, whereas U.Enkhtuvshin got 101 votes or 34.4 percent, and N.Enkhbold--five votes or 1.7 percent support in the poll run among 294 members of the MPP Conference present at the meeting. As such, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa was elected the ruling party’s candidate for prime minister, and the issue will be discussed by Parliament. Kh.Aminaa