Mongolia's new parliament will hold its first session on July 23, Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar announced Friday.
Tsakhia Elbegdorj, chairman of the Democratic Party, said on Friday members of his party elected to the new parliament would not attend the first session.
He also accused the government, led by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), of failing to take effective measures to appease post-election riots in the capital Ulan Bator and electoral fraud. However, the current parliament on Thursday rejected the motion to impeach the government.
The MPRP and the Democratic Party, the two biggest parties in the current parliament, won 39 and 25 seats respectively in the 76-member parliament in elections held on June 29.
The Mongolian General Elections Committee declared on Monday the final results of 66 seats with the remaining 10 seats in dispute, which had been submitted to President Enkhbayar.
On July 1, supporters of the Democratic Party and other parties marched in protest against alleged fraud in the elections, and the protests turned into riots, in which five people were killed and more than 300 injured.
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