The Debate – November 23, 2012
Last night Deputy Speaker of Parliament S. Bayartsogt and Member of Parliament S. Ganbaatar had their much anticipated (at least by me) debate about the Oyu Tolgoi agreement. It turned out to be a...
View ArticleScoring the Score Keepers of ‘The Debate’
The week following the debate between S. Bayartsogt and S. Ganbaatar, Uls Turiin Toim, Zuunii Medee, and Unuudur newspapers printed editorials and analyses to assess who won. The overall verdict from...
View ArticleDivining Method in the Political Madness
One of the many explanations for the shape of Mongolia’s mining policy is based on national security concerns. The argument goes that, as a sparsely populated and militarily defenseless country...
View ArticleInstant Analysis: S. Bayartsogt and the Next Oyu Tolgoi Crisis in the Making
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a report today that may touch off another crisis surrounding the Oyu Tolgoi project. It has come to light that Deputy Speaker of...
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Continuing Analysis: S. Bayartsogt and the ICIJ Report
It has been more than 24 hours since the news first broke about Deputy Speaker S. Bayartsogt’s undisclosed British Virgin Islands (BVI) company and Swiss bank account based on a report from the...
View ArticleThe Bombshell that Fizzled
A week has passed since the revelations about Deputy Speaker S. Bayartsogt’s offshore company and Swiss bank account were first reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists...
View ArticleBaabar: ‘The Absurd History of Legislators’
This week popular historian and former politician B. Batbayar (a.k.a. Baabar) published a rather scathing editorial entitled “The Absurd History of Legislators” directed at “resource nationalists” and...
View ArticleOpposition Poses a Challenge to the Special Session
The special session of parliament started off last week with a bang–literally. The environmentalist group “Gal Undesten” (Fire Nation) showed up outside the parliament building on the first day of the...
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The Wealth of Parliament Redux: What’s It Worth?
Government officials holding high-ranking elected and appointed positions have been required since 2007 to annually disclose their level of wealth and financial holdings to the Independent Authority...
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An Analysis of Election Fairness
The last parliamentary election in 2012 introduced a proportional system of allocating 28 of 76 seats in parliament. These seats were filled based on the proportion of votes each party received...
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