ULAN BATOR, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- A draft bill initiated by Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on amendment to the law on the procedure of the parliament was submitted to the parliament on Friday, the president's press office said.
The draft bill urges resumption of the function of the parliament and creation of conditions to discuss many important issues, including a proposal to dismiss the country's parliament speaker Miyegombo Enkhbold, which is submitted by the majority of the legislators, the office said in a statement.
More than half of the lawmakers or 39 in the 76-seat parliament sent an official letter to Enkhbold in mid December, urging him to voluntarily step down over alleged conflicts of interest.
The lawmakers and some ministers have boycotted plenary sessions of the parliament and meetings of its standing committees for five weeks, demanding the parliament speaker's resignation.
Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh also submitted a request to the constitutional court on Nov. 29 to fire Enkhbold, saying that Enkhbold has been interfering in the investigation and resolve of the related cases.
Audio recordings were made public last year that some officials of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, including Enkhbold, allegedly used their government positions as a tool to run in the parliamentary election in 2016.
Enkhbold has refused to resign, saying the lawmakers' demand is contrary to the law on dismissing a speaker of the parliament.
According to the Mongolian law, there are now five legal grounds to dismiss the country's parliament speaker, namely death, severe disease, appointment to another position, guilty of a crime, and decision of dismissal from the constitutional court.
