Mongolia’s Main Party to Form New Government After PM Ousted
Oyun-ErdeneLuvsannamsrain hugs members of parliaments after a vote in Ulaanbaatar on June 3.
Photographer: Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP/Getty Images
Mongolia’s biggest political party will form a new government after lawmakers rejected a confidence vote, ousting Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai after weeks of protests and exacerbating uncertainty for the nation’s economy as it struggles with China’s weakening demand for raw materials.
Oyun-Erdene lost the vote early Tuesday in the legislature, getting the support of 44 lawmakers in the live-streamed ballot, short of the 64 he needed. He remains as caretaker leader until the Mongolian People’s Party he belongs to picks a new prime minister.