Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was under pressure to withdraw a recent ordinance.
New Delhi:
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today recommended the dissolution of the country’s parliament after he was cornered by an executive order issued last week, according to reports. The decision was made during an emergency Cabinet meeting Sunday morning.
“Prime Minister Oli was pressured to withdraw an ordinance related to the Constitutional Council Law which he issued on Tuesday and which received the endorsement of President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the same day,” The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported today. He also said today’s cabinet meeting was expected to recommend the ordinance’s replacement.
The prime minister’s Communist Party of Nepal has said it had lost majority support, according to a Reuters report. “The prime minister has lost the majority in the parliamentary party, the central committee and the party secretariat,” said Bishnu Rijal, a member of the NPC Central Committee, according to the report.
Prime Minister Oli could not immediately be reached for comment. The leader, whose handling of the coronavirus crisis has come under fire as the economy takes a beating, had been pressured to step down as prime minister or the reins of the party, Reuters reported.
The next general elections in the Himalayan country will be held in 2022.
Meanwhile, there is a difference of opinion on the legality of dissolving parliament.
“The recommendation for the dissolution of parliament is against the constitution and should be withdrawn immediately,” said the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, according to MyRepublica.
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