Overview

• Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar formally presented MP B. Enkhbayar to President U. Khurelsukh for appointment as justice and home affairs minister, in line with legal procedure before parliamentary oath-taking.
• Political coverage frames the move as a tactical escalation within the MPP’s leadership dispute, with speculation about possible efforts to challenge the government in the legislature.
• The cabinet approved a rewritten procedure for disability assistance to cut paperwork, shift processes online, remove local council gatekeeping, allow institutional applications, and adjust certain benefits without new budget outlays.
• Officials overseeing repairs at Ulaanbaatar’s Third Thermal Power Plant said heat shortfalls tied to the plant have been eliminated, three priority tasks are 90% complete before peak winter load, and electricity output will run at roughly half of last year with the balance sourced elsewhere.
• Winter preparations include city plans to sell imported semi‑coke briquettes to ger‑area households after purchasing 306,000 tonnes, and separate governance updates noted the central bank’s submission of 2026 monetary policy directions and an insurance change letting minor crashes be settled by insurers without police when criteria are met.