MONGOLIA-POLITICS-ELECTION

A Mongolian honour guard marches outside the Mongolia Parliament Building in Ulan Bator on June 24, 2012. Mongolia’s opposition Democratic Party has established a strong lead over the ruling Mongolian People’s Party ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The non-profit Sant Maral Foundation, which conducted the poll, said the MPP had been losing support to a breakaway party led by Mongolia’s former president Nambar Enkhbayar, who has been barred from in Thursday’s parliamentary polls. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON