Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to face a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of parliament on Sunday, according to media reports. Sharma Oli by removing 20 recently appointed ministers, pending a ruling on whether a caretaker premier can make such sweeping cabinet changes.
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Thursday defended his government's controversial decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and told the Supreme Court that it is not up to the judiciary to appoint a premier.
Nepal's Opposition alliance on Sunday urged all state institutions not to support Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli government's "unconstitutional" and "anti-democratic" activities. More News ». This would be alliance government and we will be holding a discussion about further ways to make it more effective and working addressing concerns of the public that would cover the issues about Covid management, vaccines, corruptions and others," Baburam Bhattarai, former Prime Minister and one of the leaders of opposition alliance told reporters on Monday evening.
The meeting focused on discussing their future course of action including the formation of a new cabinet. As per leaders, further discussion about division of ministerial portfolios would be decided through a meeting to be held on Tuesday morning.
Although the apex court's order has paved the way for Deuba to become a new prime minister, for now, Deuba will have to secure majority votes in the parliament to survive as prime minister for the remaining term of parliament.
The two factions in the UML one led by Oli and other by Nepal on Sunday evening have reached a point agreement to bury their hatchet. After Monday's verdict, Nepal faction has announced to unify with the party ending earlier formed alliance. In the present scenario we cannot stay on this alliance for any longer, our presence and support for this alliance would not remain the same. Question over role of CPN-UML in national politics of Nepal still prevails, so at first we will unify the party and then the role about our party in upcoming days would be decided through the meetings of concerned committees of party which also would determine whether to support new government or not," Raghuji Panta, leader representing the rival faction of CPN-UML which had signed for Deuba in court documents told reporters after today's meeting.
Deuba will have to secure the vote of confidence in parliament within a month after his appointment as the new prime minister. While claiming the Prime Ministership back in May, Deuba had presented signatures of lawmakers to prove that he commanded majority to lead a new government.
The Apex Court which on Monday reinstated the May dissolved House of Representatives also has removed the provision of "whip" directive issued from a political party to ensure attendance and voting in debates on parliamentarians. A clear interpretation over issue has been given which now states that the formation of a government under Article 76 5 is always dependent on members of the House of Representatives.
At the time of voting over motion of confidence, the parliamentarians now would not be abided by the 'whip' meaning they can decide over the candidate on their own when it comes to choosing a Prime Minister when Article 76 5 is activated," Om Prakash Aryal, one of the advocate who took part in the discussions held in court told ANI.
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had refused to allow Deuba to form a new government as per Article 76 5 and dissolution of the House.
With Oli failing to secure vote of confidence on May 10, Bhandari on May 13 had appointed Oli prime ministerunder Article 76 3 of the constitution as the leader of the party with the highest number of members in the House.
President Bhandari on Saturday dissolved the member House and announced mid-term polls on November 12 and 19 after she determined that both embattled Prime Minister Oli and the Opposition alliance's candidate Sher Bahadur Deuba were not in a position to form a government. Oli will now have to take a vote of confidence at the House within 30 days, failing which, an attempt to form a government under Article 76 5 of the Constitution would be initiated. Nepal's ousted prime minister, who lost a vote of confidence in Parliament earlier this week, will stay in office as the leader of a minority government after political parties couldn't agree to a coalition.
He previously served as prime minister from October 11, to August 3, and again from February 15, to May 13, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had asked the Opposition parties to come up with the support of majority lawmakers to form a new government by 9 PM on Thursday after Oli lost a crucial trust vote in the House of Representatives on Monday. Nepal plunged into a political crisis on December 20 last year after President Bhandari dissolved the House and announced fresh elections on April 30 and May 10 at the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for power within the ruling Nepal Communist Party NCP.
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