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The interesting thing here is that at least the journalists operate independently and just call it like they see it:
The press were shooed out of an American Chamber of Commerce in Mongolia (AmCham) gathering attended by Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg on Thursday.
Journalists were told that the Prime Minister would allow an open question and answer session at the meeting, but abruptly after the introduction, the press gathered at the Tuushin Hotel for the AmCham monthly meeting were in for a rude surprise when they were asked to leave.
“Can we ask the media to leave now so that we can have a more frank conversation,” said Jackson Cox, chairman of AmCham, after Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg gave his introductory notes.
At the start of his introductory presentation, Ch.Saikhanbileg looked surprised by the turnout of the media and said that he had prepared his presentation in two versions, specifically “the official version and the very frank version.”
The meeting was attended by a number of foreign businessmen, members of AmCham, and officials from the Mongolian government.
“When these kinds of official meetings are started, of course, the media is always present, but after just these introductory notes, the media usually goes away,” the Prime Minister casually joked with the English speaking attendees.
The journalists who were kicked out of the conference room sulked in the lobby, noting how strange it was, and that the organizers shouldn’t have wasted their time by inviting them to a closed meeting where “more frank” discussions were supposedly being held.
An Unuudur newspaper reporter claimed that the Prime Minister has been holding a lot of closed discussions, pointing to the recent and brief visit by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which didn’t receive any press coverage of who he met with and why he was in Mongolia.
The Unuudur reporter speculated that the Prime Minister might be making secret deals with foreign businessmen through his closed sessions.
Of course, even high profile individuals such as Tony Blair and the Prime Minister have a right to their privacy, but Ch.Saikhanbileg’s casual – and arguably offensive – remark about preparing a “more frank” presentation for the closed meeting implies that he is less frank with the public than he is with business leaders.
Ch.Saikhanbileg s veiled government The UB Post
The press were shooed out of an American Chamber of Commerce in Mongolia (AmCham) gathering attended by Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg on Thursday.
Journalists were told that the Prime Minister would allow an open question and answer session at the meeting, but abruptly after the introduction, the press gathered at the Tuushin Hotel for the AmCham monthly meeting were in for a rude surprise when they were asked to leave.
“Can we ask the media to leave now so that we can have a more frank conversation,” said Jackson Cox, chairman of AmCham, after Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg gave his introductory notes.
At the start of his introductory presentation, Ch.Saikhanbileg looked surprised by the turnout of the media and said that he had prepared his presentation in two versions, specifically “the official version and the very frank version.”
The meeting was attended by a number of foreign businessmen, members of AmCham, and officials from the Mongolian government.
“When these kinds of official meetings are started, of course, the media is always present, but after just these introductory notes, the media usually goes away,” the Prime Minister casually joked with the English speaking attendees.
The journalists who were kicked out of the conference room sulked in the lobby, noting how strange it was, and that the organizers shouldn’t have wasted their time by inviting them to a closed meeting where “more frank” discussions were supposedly being held.
An Unuudur newspaper reporter claimed that the Prime Minister has been holding a lot of closed discussions, pointing to the recent and brief visit by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which didn’t receive any press coverage of who he met with and why he was in Mongolia.
The Unuudur reporter speculated that the Prime Minister might be making secret deals with foreign businessmen through his closed sessions.
Of course, even high profile individuals such as Tony Blair and the Prime Minister have a right to their privacy, but Ch.Saikhanbileg’s casual – and arguably offensive – remark about preparing a “more frank” presentation for the closed meeting implies that he is less frank with the public than he is with business leaders.
Ch.Saikhanbileg s veiled government The UB Post
