Parts of Speech

“Governments work on the principle of collective responsibility and thus there is no justification for demanding the  resignation of Mineral Resources Minister D.Zorigt for the perceived failure to protect national interests in the Oyu Tolgoi agreement. If the agreement has faults, I am as much to blame for them as the three Ministers who conducted the negotiations, and I am ready to resign along with them. But why did MPs approve the agreement if it was flawed?”

N.Altankhuyag,
First Deputy Prime Minister and Democratic Party
Chairman.

“The failure to appoint a new person to lead the Anti-Corruption Authority has strengthened the perception that Parliament is not serious about combating corruption. It prefers to cripple the ACA. Complaints cannot be attended to, and monitoring is not possible. More important, no progress can be made in seeking help from foreign organizations, though the trail often begins or leads abroad. This becomes all the more important as more and more foreign mining companies are getting interested in Mongolia.”

D.Sukhbaatar, divisional head at the Anti-Corruption Authority.

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