COALITION SAYS YES TO DEMOCRATS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Governing Council of the "Justice" coalition (Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and National Democratic Party) discussed and then accepted the proposal of the Democratic Party (DP) to form a coalition government on Tuesday. This was reported the same day by D.Terbishdagva, the coalition's faction head, and his deputy N.Battsereg. “No political force with a majority seats appeared after the recent parliamentary election, so we have accepted the DP's proposal to work on a joint government. Our working group has been set up to hold talks with the DP,” D.Terbishdagva said. The group is led by Ch.Ulaan MP and comprises newly elected N.Battsereg, L.Tsog, M.Sonompil, D.Battsogt MPs and N.Udval, a secretary-general of the MPRP. D.Terbishdagva said that, in elaborating the new goverment's plan of actions, their coalition is to maintain to its election campaing programme "Five revolutions". It coincides with that of the DP, "so we suppose that making the governmental programme will not be very difficult," he said. About the number of ministries he said that it must not be a huge structure, "but we think their number should be as many as they are able to function in accordance with the society and economics demands". Portfolios distribution is likely to be based on the DP and the coalition's proportion in parliament--31 to 11, he went on. No comments are available on a situation regarding three members of the coalition N.Enkhbayar, E.Batshugar and S.Narangerel who are being discussed at the Constitutional Court, he said. B.Khuder