Candidates spending limit set

The General Election Committee held a meeting on Friday to discuss setting a base spending limit for a candidate`s primary campaign because of the up-coming preparation work for the Mongolian presidential election.

During the meeting the General Election Committee assigned the base spending limit for the presidential election of candidates for 3 billion MNT, of a party, 5.1 billion MNT.

The General Election Committee approved the limit in accordance with the law on the role of President that states the Committee should assign the base spending for a candidate and party in the election by March 1st of an election year.

According to the law the voting for the presidential election will take place during the second half of next June, on a working day.

The day for voting should be scheduled by parliament 65 days in advance of the date.