May 15, 2012

Mongolia’s Democracy Tested by Ex-President’s Arrest - NYTimes.com

Mongolia’s Democracy Tested by Ex-President’s Arrest - NYTimes.com: "With the health of Nambaryn Enkhbayar, the former president, deteriorating rapidly, the government is holding firm, throwing Mongolia’s young democracy into turmoil in a crisis freighted by dueling accusations of corruption and human rights abuses.

“This is likely to open a Pandora’s box,” said Mark C. Minton, a former American ambassador to Mongolia. “It will do no good for Mongolia’s reputation and due process or rule of law, which is already shallowly rooted.”"

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