ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia's 10-month-old coalition government appeared to be breaking up as protests calling on the prime minister to resign entered their ninth day.
The leaders of the three governing parties were meeting Thursday to review their coalition agreement, one day after the largest one — the Mongolian People's Party — decided to eject the second largest from the coalition.
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A protestor holds a sign that reads ''Resign, Kettle, Resign'' in reference to Mongolia’s Prime Minister, at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
Protestors gather at a rally calling for the Prime Minister's resignation at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
Protestors gather at a rally calling for the Prime Minister's resignation at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
FILE -Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai walks past journalists as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
The People's Party accused the Democratic Party of breaching the agreement after some of its younger lawmakers backed calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai.
Democratic Party leader Gantumur Luvsannyam, who is the deputy prime minister, said that the views of those legislators were not the party's position.
“I never signed anything saying I would gag my members. I know my party’s temperament,” he said.
The fate of the prime minister was unclear ahead of a parliament session on Friday. Oyun-Erdene has held the post for four years and survived previous calls to step down.
The ongoing protests were sparked by reports of lavish spending by the prime minister's son. For the mostly young protesters, the reports brought to a head long-simmering complaints about government corruption involving officials and their families.
Ariunbileg Oyunbilegt, a 45-year-old mother of three, said she had been at the demonstrations from the start, largely out of “disgust” at the displays of wealth among the well connected, particularly the prime minister's son.
“The promises by the prime minister to fight corruption are false and empty,” she said.
Another protester, Purevnamgil Batsaikhan, said he was also motivated by the graft among the ruling class, and felt the political system was due for changes to prevent malfeasance.
“The prime minister has been in office for six years, but nothing has changed,” said Purevnamgil, 26, adding that protesters were mainly young and not affiliated with any political party.
Thursday's protest appeared to go off without violence, with many participants expressing their views on an open microphone.
Mongolia is a landlocked resource-rich nation of 3.5 million — half of whom live in the capital — that is squeezed between China and Russia. A communist state during the Cold War, it transformed into a democracy after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The protesters say the country's mineral riches have benefited business interests and the wealthy, while many Mongolians still live in poverty.
The coalition government was formed after an election setback for the People's Party's last June that reduced its majority to 68 seats in the 126-member parliament. The Democratic Party holds 42 seats and the third coalition member, the HUN party, has eight.
A protestor holds a sign that reads ''Resign, Kettle, Resign'' in reference to Mongolia’s Prime Minister, at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
Protestors gather at a rally calling for the Prime Minister's resignation at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
Protestors gather at a rally calling for the Prime Minister's resignation at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
FILE -Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai walks past journalists as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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Abridge and Availity Collaborate to Redefine Payer-Provider Synergy at the Point of Conversation
Abridge and Availity Collaborate to Redefine Payer-Provider Synergy at the Point of Conversation
