MINISTER EXPLAINS REASONS OF RESIGNATION REQUEST

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A joint meeting of two standing committees is continuing in the State Residence with a discussion on a resignation request of Industry and Agriculture Minister Kh.Battulga. A week ago, the Minister applied to the Cabinet with a resignation request from his current office of the Industry and Agriculture Minister. At the beginning of the meeting, Cabinet Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg introduced a relevant draft resolution of the Cabinet to present thirty members of the parliamentary standing committee on environment, food and agriculture and the parliamentary standing committee on economy. At the meeting, responding to a question of J.Enkhbayar MP, the Industry and Agriculture Minister explained reasons of his resignation request linking to recent disapproval of proposed amendments to the law on Cabinet at the final voting in parliament. The amendments intended to eliminate dual mandates of ministers and parliament members.