"Mongolians hail opposition win; New leader says he'll distribute mineral wealth" by Don Lee, Los Angeles Times | May 26, 2009
Supporters celebrated in Ulan Bator after Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj claimed victory yesterday in Mongolia's presidential election. (Batsukh/ Associated Press)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Thousands of Mongolians, from nomadic herders to businessmen, jammed into Ulan Bator's public square yesterday to welcome their newly elected president shortly after the Harvard-educated opposition candidate was declared the winner in a close election.
The spirited celebrations were in marked contrast to last July, when rioting left five people dead and about 300 injured after allegations of fraud in parliamentary elections. That disputed election raised concerns about the young democracy in Mongolia, a country of 3 million that emerged from more than 70 years of Communist rule in 1990.
But there appeared to be no question about the integrity of Sunday's balloting, as international observers monitored polling stations around the country. Officials reported that Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, a short, bespectacled man, garnered more than 51 percent of the votes. The incumbent, Nambaryn Enkhbayar of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, conceded defeat before the official results were announced Monday afternoon.
The Monglians Gandhi?
"It's a fair election," said Erdentsetseg, a 58-year-old retired herder who, like many Mongolians, goes by one name. Dressed in a silver deel, a traditional silk costume, Erdentsetseg said she had traveled a day by train to cast her ballot in the city. She showed an ink dot on the index finger of her left hand - a mark indicating that she voted.
I am suspicious of any candidate and any election these days. He appears to be our guy; however, the people rejected the fixed fraud of the ruling party! Did you see them in the photo? Factor in the MSM avoidance since and maybe the globalists lost this one.
"What happened last year was very hard and difficult," she said of the rioting in July, in which people set the ruling party's headquarters on fire and damaged the adjacent national art gallery. "Now, nothing; we have no problem with democracy," she said. I always suspect agent provocateurs when it comes to violence; however, if the Mongolians are happy, more power to them.
Readers, HOW COME VIOLENCE is the ONLY THING RULERS UNDERSTAND?
Nowadays, if you are nonviolent, they ignore you.
Mongolia is rich in copper, gold, uranium, and other minerals, more than one-third of its citizens live below the poverty line. The average income last year was about $1,700.
I've said it many times: there is NOT ONE PLACE or ONE NATION in the world that is NOT IMPORTANT to globalists for this very reason!
During the campaign, Elbegdorj promised to root out corruption and also sought to assure people that the nation's mineral wealth would be distributed among them, not taken by foreign mining companies.
Has he been assassinated yet? A coup attempted?
I wouldn't know; never saw Mongolia in the paper since.
