ULAANBAATAR — Mongolia goes to the polls on Wednesday to choose its sixth democratically-elected president, with the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) on the cusp of consolidating its power following a low-key campaign crimped by COVID-19 curbs.
The vote is the first after constitutional amendments stripped the office of some of its powers and limited holders to a single six-year term, so keeping incumbent Khaltmaa Battulga of the opposition Democratic Party from seeking re-election.
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, forced to resign as prime minister after protests this year, is the favorite to take over the presidency for the MPP, which already controls parliament a…
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