Overview
- Oyun-Erdene failed to secure the required 64 votes in the State Great Khural, receiving only 44 in the June 2 confidence ballot.
- Youth-led protests in Ulaanbaatar this May were triggered by viral images of the prime minister’s son enjoying luxury items such as helicopter rides and designer handbags.
- Last month, Oyun-Erdene’s Mongolian People’s Party expelled its coalition partner, the Democratic Party, after its lawmakers joined calls for the prime minister’s resignation.
- The outgoing premier denies corruption allegations as a smear campaign and says he focused excessively on large-scale projects over political and social concerns.
- Mongolia’s ranking in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has fallen since 2021, and widespread economic inequality has intensified public calls for accountability.