Nepal court ousts PM, reinstates dissolved parliament
Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli had earlier lost a vote of confidence. — Reuters pic
KATHMANDU, July 12 — Nepal’s top court ousted the sitting prime minister and reinstated the dissolved parliament Monday, plunging the Himalayan nation into further political uncertainty.
The country has been in a political crisis for months amid infighting between Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and senior leaders of his party.
“The dissolved parliament will be reinstated,” the court wrote in its judgement.
Oli first moved to dismiss parliament in December, but it was reinstated by the Supreme Court, which called his move unconstitutional.
The 69-year-old then lost a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament.
But he was reinstated as PM after the main opposition parties were unable to obtain a majority of support in the bicameral parliament.
Oli tried again to dissolve parliament in May, but his decision was challenged by lawmakers and political activists in the top court.
The court said in its judgement that the main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba should replace Oli by late tomorrow, as he had presented “a claim (of majority)... as the prime minister”.
Deuba has to win a vote of confidence in the lower house within a month to retain the prime ministership.
Deuba, the head of the Nepali Congress, earlier claimed to have the support of 149 members of the 275-seat lower house.
The Oli government came to power in 2018 with a two-thirds majority.
There was optimism that his strong mandate at the polls would end years of instability and short-lived governments exacerbated by a devastating earthquake in 2015.
Deuba was elected as Nepal’s prime minister four times between 1995 and 2018, including during the brutal, decade-long Maoist insurgency. — AFP
The country has been in a political crisis for months amid infighting between Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and senior leaders of his party.
“The dissolved parliament will be reinstated,” the court wrote in its judgement.
Oli first moved to dismiss parliament in December, but it was reinstated by the Supreme Court, which called his move unconstitutional.
The 69-year-old then lost a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament.
But he was reinstated as PM after the main opposition parties were unable to obtain a majority of support in the bicameral parliament.
Oli tried again to dissolve parliament in May, but his decision was challenged by lawmakers and political activists in the top court.
The court said in its judgement that the main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba should replace Oli by late tomorrow, as he had presented “a claim (of majority)... as the prime minister”.
Deuba has to win a vote of confidence in the lower house within a month to retain the prime ministership.
Deuba, the head of the Nepali Congress, earlier claimed to have the support of 149 members of the 275-seat lower house.
The Oli government came to power in 2018 with a two-thirds majority.
There was optimism that his strong mandate at the polls would end years of instability and short-lived governments exacerbated by a devastating earthquake in 2015.
Deuba was elected as Nepal’s prime minister four times between 1995 and 2018, including during the brutal, decade-long Maoist insurgency. — AFP
Communists ruling in a fully democratic country? Oxymoronic but true.
ReplyDeleteDue to lack of choice (or freedom), Nepalese have to choose between one form of communism over another. Left, right, centre, Marxist, Leninist Maoist or nowadays Xi-ist ha ha ha. A true Bullyland Paradise.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ndtv.com/world-news/protests-in-nepal-over-chinas-land-encroachment-projects-nepalese-media-2300122%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off
ReplyDeleteWakakaka... and it needs to be made clear, a certain Avaricious Arrogant Greedy Giant Communist Neighbour Bully is busy Sabo-ing Peaceful Democratic Communist Nepal, helping itself to strategic bits of Nepali territory when Nepal isn't looking,
Wakakakakakaka…
ReplyDeleteEat yr heart out, all u demoNcratic mfers!
Nepal-china could solve out their border differences in no time!
But that aneh further west of Nepal's border is a no no & has been severely warned by the Gurkhas!
Bullyland encroaching and constructing 11 buildings in Nepalese territory, soon thousands of Han people will move in and wallah....it is Bullyland....sounds like what they did in Bhutan too....
ReplyDeleteYears of peace being undone by Modern Mao...
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China-Nepal border row intensifies as border pillars go missing in Daulkha
Beijing has turned the heat alongside the borders of its neighbouring country Nepal with border pillars vanishing in the Daulkha district of the Himalayan nation
May 20, 2021
Beijing has turned the heat alongside the borders of its neighbouring country Nepal with border pillars vanishing in the Daulkha district of the Himalayan nation. It appears to be yet another example of growing Chinese belligerence and a complete disregard to the international border by Beijing.
Raising red flags, the Nepalese Home Ministry reported the incident in village-Vigu of District-Daulkha to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to EU Reporter, the China-Nepal border has historically been a controlled border system, established by a mutual agreement between the two nations in 1960, which subsequently led to the formation of the 1961 border treaty, with the construction of the pillars of demarcation. Post the 1961 treaty, the boundary line between Nepal and China has witnessed several changes mainly including the erection of 76 permanent border pillars. China is now trying to change the status quo in its favour.
Last year, in the month of September, China encroached upon Nepalese territory and constructed 11 buildings in a remote district of Nepal's border, Humla.
However, Nepal claimed territory over Humla, China expectedly denied it. This incident raised tensions along the border, culminating to widespread protests outside the Chinese embassy in Nepal, with people sloganeering "Stop Chinese Expansionism".
The buildings were constructed by China at the spot where a Nepalese border pillar was found missing several years ago. The local rural municipality chair of the disputed area had reported upon China's stake to claim the area under its control. These developments fuelled protests at the embassy in Kathmandu against the Chinese hegemony and disregard for the national sovereignty of Nepal, reported EU Reporter.
During those times, Nepalese officials had stated that their attempts to negotiate with the Chinese side were rendered fruitless and met with hostility. The Chinese security personnel came armed with a tanker, truck and a jeep, asking the Nepalese officials to retreat to the border for talks and clarifications.
The expansionist designs of China have gone unabated with whoever it shares a boundary line. The displacement of the border pillar in Nepal is not an isolated event.
As per a survey by Nepal's Ministry of Agriculture, China illegally encroached on several bordering districts including Gorkha, Dolakha, Humla, Darchula, Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa and Sankhuwasabha.
Years of peaceful coexistence between the two countries is being undone by Chinese President Xi Jinping's regime and its ruthless pursuit to arm-twist smaller neighboring countries.
The border pillar displacement situation worsened as Prime Minister KP Oli defended the encroachments by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP), a stance that was vehemently opposed by the opposition members of the Nepali Congress. KP Oli's denial has put the Sino-China border row at a crossroads for both countries, thus playing directly into China's hand.
Under current circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal is also not too keen to engage with China over any border dispute due to possible economic backlash and the high expense involved. China has an easy opportunity to capitalize upon the vulnerable Nepalese border and displace more border pillars, raking in increased territory, reported EU Reporter.
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There are only a small number of Himalaya passes that are usable by armour and other road vehicles to reach the Indian plain.
ReplyDeleteA few of them are within Nepal territory.
India is particularly sensitive about such potential invasion routes.
The giant Greedy Bully next door would love to get them under his control....as usual claiming historical rights from the Ming and Qing Empires.
These meme-ed CPC/China/Chinese haters r in heat!
ReplyDeleteWow!
Whatever fart u r propagating, just remember that The China–Nepal Railway has been completed.
Nepal is no longer landlocked & depending on the 'mercy' of that aneh neighbour for goods movements.
Prosper thy neighbour - even with tons & tons of lies, in the same debt trap mannerisms vis-a-vis SriLanka port.
https://youtu.be/NoTtGnoDDbw
DeleteIndia-Nepal Raiway already at operational resting stage.
China-Nepal Railway still a paper train.
Wakakakakaka…
DeleteThat's WHY u r a meme-ed demoNcratic mfer!
U ONLY read demoNcratic farts.