[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12917]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          MONGOLIA'S DEMOCRACY

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                        HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 19, 2009

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speaker, in a vast sweep of mountains, steppe, 
and desert in the heart of northern Asia, one of the most remarkable 
political transformations of the decade is unfolding. I rise today to 
commend democracy in Mongolia. The collapse of communism and 
totalitarianism has provided Mongolia with a historical opportunity of 
introducing simultaneous political and economic changes by dismantling 
the communist regime and central planning economy to build democracy 
and market capitalism.
  Mongolia's democratic transition explicitly indicates that Mongolia 
has reached remarkable achievements in building democracy and market 
capitalism.
  Mongolia's parliamentary democracy has been playing a meaningful role 
in building democracy and market capitalism, and civil society has 
emerged and developed. Mongolia's democratic reforms have been radical 
and irreversible. Now, Mongolia is committed to successful completion 
of the final phase of its transition to market capitalism to deepen and 
strengthen democracy.
  In closing, Madam Speaker, I ask all my colleagues to join me in 
supporting Mongolia's continued transition to democracy.

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