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Mongolia's coalition government has voted to accept a mass resignation from the cabinet of Prime Minister Tsakhia Elbegdorj, after debating late into the night.
Ten ministers from the largest party, the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) resigned on Wednesday, triggering street protests in the capital Ulan Bator in support of the prime minister.
The move will lead to Mr Elbegdorj's ouster after less than two years in power, according to leader of the minority Civil Will Party and a member of parliament Sanjaasuren Oyun.
"Parliament will reconvene either on Wednesday or Thursday when... a new government will be formed," she told AFP news agency.
The MPRP has dominated politics for most of the country's 14 post-Soviet years of democracy.
The party holds half of the 76 seats in parliament, and 39 MPs voted to approve the mass resignation.
The decision to topple the government "has immediately created a dangerous situation in our country," Prime Minister Elbegdorj, who belongs to the Democratic Party, told AFP, without elaborating.
"I think this is a short-sighted wrong move of the Mongolian Communists," he said.
"It could also be a desperate action of some of the party executives to cover up their misdeeds, unlawful acts when my commitment to root out corruption in public offices started threatening their interests."
However a spokesman for the MPRP's youth organisation said it is good step for Mongolia.
The party said slow economic growth, inflation and corruption was behind the move to withdraw support.
"It will lift the confusion that has been existing regarding the government. It will be clearer who should take primary responsibility for government policies," the spokesman, who declined to be named, told AFP.
The MPRP is expected to promote one of its own as the next prime minister.
"Despite the efforts to destabilise the government the process has been carried out in accordance with the constitution and relevant laws. It shows that democracy is being consolidated in Mongolia," he said.
Mongolia, most famous for its past under fearless warlord Genghis Khan, has been praised as one of the few Central Asian states to have enjoyed a relatively stable democracy following the fall of the Soviet Union.
Ten ministers from the largest party, the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) resigned on Wednesday, triggering street protests in the capital Ulan Bator in support of the prime minister.
The move will lead to Mr Elbegdorj's ouster after less than two years in power, according to leader of the minority Civil Will Party and a member of parliament Sanjaasuren Oyun.
"Parliament will reconvene either on Wednesday or Thursday when... a new government will be formed," she told AFP news agency.
The MPRP has dominated politics for most of the country's 14 post-Soviet years of democracy.
The party holds half of the 76 seats in parliament, and 39 MPs voted to approve the mass resignation.
The decision to topple the government "has immediately created a dangerous situation in our country," Prime Minister Elbegdorj, who belongs to the Democratic Party, told AFP, without elaborating.
"I think this is a short-sighted wrong move of the Mongolian Communists," he said.
"It could also be a desperate action of some of the party executives to cover up their misdeeds, unlawful acts when my commitment to root out corruption in public offices started threatening their interests."
However a spokesman for the MPRP's youth organisation said it is good step for Mongolia.
The party said slow economic growth, inflation and corruption was behind the move to withdraw support.
"It will lift the confusion that has been existing regarding the government. It will be clearer who should take primary responsibility for government policies," the spokesman, who declined to be named, told AFP.
The MPRP is expected to promote one of its own as the next prime minister.
"Despite the efforts to destabilise the government the process has been carried out in accordance with the constitution and relevant laws. It shows that democracy is being consolidated in Mongolia," he said.
Mongolia, most famous for its past under fearless warlord Genghis Khan, has been praised as one of the few Central Asian states to have enjoyed a relatively stable democracy following the fall of the Soviet Union.
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But it's the Mongols who are stupid enough to vote for the communists! I can't believe it, maybe I am the only one voting for the Democrats??? 
