DEMPARTY: WHO TO COLLABORATE WITH -- IS THE QUESTION

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ At the 39th meeting on Monday, the National Consultative Committee of the Democratic Party (DP) backed an issue of appointing Z.Enkhbold MP as the Parliament Speaker and N.Altankhuyag MP as the Prime Minister by 100-percent votes. A matter on forming a new government with the "Justice" coalition was to be finalized but the gathered decided not to hurry and to consider it together with other political parties, said D.Erdenebat MP, a new head of the DP faction, and N.Altankhuyag and Z.Enkhbold MPs. According to them, the meeting reached an agreement to set up a working group responsible for studying the matter. The former DP chairman N.Altankhuyag had said before that the DP was ready to collaborate with the "Justice" coalition--the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and National Democratic Party--but the Committee tasked the faction with consulting the matter with other forces after seriously considering it. For this reason, the faction met at 4.00 pm on Monday to draw a decision. Later it will be considered and approved by the National Consultative Committee. The first one to offer an official suggestion to collaborate has been the “Justice” coalition followed by the Civil Will-Green Party and independent candidates. Nothing is heard from the Mongolian People's Party, they said. B.Khuder