ULAN BATOR, Oct 20, (Xinhua): Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has decided to veto a resolution to dismiss Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar that was passed by parliament on Oct 17, Altankhuyag Uilstuguldur, a chief of staff at the president's office, said on Monday.

In his veto message, Khurelsukh stated that "the voting formula was incorrectly used when discussing the issue at the plenary session of Mongolia's State Great Khural, the country's parliament.

In addition, the attendance of the session was considered based on the attendance on Thursday. When convening the plenary session of the current 126-seat unicameral Mongolia's parliament on Friday, the attendance should have been newly established."

On Oct. 17, the Mongolian parliament passed a resolution to dismiss Zandanshatar. It was approved by a vote of 64 percent in the parliament. On June 13, Zandanshatar was appointed as prime minister at the proposal of the ruling Mongolian People's Party.