Episode 11: A Messy Stew - Fight for Power in the Ruling Party
The infighting hasn't stopped, and things are just heating up. In this episode of The Great State Mural: Mongolia Portrayed, we turn our attention to the feud within the Mongolian People’s Party. Prime Minister Zandanshatar losing party chair vote Speaker Amarbayasgalan has opened the floodgates of all the corruption allegations from bothsides.
Who is winning from this mudslinging? While the party leadership are talking behind doors, deciding their power dynamics, teachers and health workers are demanding better wages, and their demands are falling on deaf ears.
A house divided cannot govern
Fragility runs deep within leaders
Loyalty shifts faster than a herd of horses
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23min
Hosts: Anand, Dolgion, Julian
Date Recorded: Oct 13 2025
Date Released: Oct 15 2025
Keywords: Zandanshatar | MPP | corruption
Show notes:
D Amarbayasgalant is current speaker of the State Great Khural and formerly served as cabinet secretary in the Oyun-Erdene government
Mongolia Focus blog post on “fragmented power”