Source: English.News.mn                       Date: 29 April, 2011

Some 800 delegates led by the Chairman of the recently formed group whose claim to the name MPRP is still to be decided, Mr. N.Enkhbayar, last week attended a two-day Assembly of the People, organized under the banner of the National Movement Motherland – Independence - Justice. According to the organizers, the assembly marks the start of the people’s fight against a corrupt government. The assembly later moved out of the UB Palace to Sukhbaatar Square on Sunday. There it adopted a 9-point resolution which included the following demands:

-    Dismissal of the “criminal” MPP-DP coalition Government, which intends to amend the  Constitution;

-    Annulment of the present Oyu Tolgoi agreement and its replacement with a new agreement “that will meet people’s interests”;

-    Guaranteeing Mongolian National Public Television freedom from political pressure and making it a true public organization;

-    And end to the Constitutional Court’s interference in the work of the State Supreme Court.

On Monday, representatives of Motherland-Independence-Justice, led by MP Ts.Shinebayar, submitted an urgent demand note to Government and Parliament officials. The contents of the note have not been revealed, but it is believed to demand implementation of the resolution. Told it would take time to study the note, the MP said they would continue with their People’s Assembly in Sukhbaatar Square until a reply was received. Later that night, Mr. Shinebayar gave a written undertaking to the police that he would be responsible for any violence that may ensue from the protest.

Eight gers are now standing in the square, and the police did not allow participants in the Assembly to put up 20 more of theirs.