Overview
- Byambatsogt, who won the speakership Friday with 87 of 114 votes, takes the gavel in a 126-seat chamber where ruling-party factions have been at odds.
- Prime Minister N. Uchral disclosed Saturday a 19-member cabinet — 16 from the MPP, two from HUN, and one from the National Alliance — and said the government is entering austerity without waiting for a budget revision.
- Parliament’s governance committee advanced a bill that would require the Speaker to suspend party membership, and Byambatsogt pledged to implement it if it becomes law.
- The Protect the Tuul movement set a Saturday rally from noon to 3 p.m. on Sukhbaatar Square to demand a halt to the Tuul River expressway and accountability for Ulaanbaatar’s mayor.
- Oyu Tolgoi stated it has paid 218 billion MNT for water use since 2013 and says its 2009 investment agreement means it is not obliged to pay the newer wastewater discharge fee.