Despite Mr. Oli’s loss, Nepal’s Opposition is still divided over an alternative government
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s loss of a trust vote in Parliament on Monday comes at a particularly crucial time. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only ravaged India but has also begun to affect its landlocked neighbour Nepal, leaving citizens reeling under oxygen shortages, spikes in the daily case load, and fatalities. Political instability is the last thing Nepal needs now, but the trust vote did little to resolve the issue of who will take over the role of leading the government. Mr. Oli won just 93 votes in the 271-strong House of Representatives where only 232 turned up to vote, with 124 voting against him and 15 members staying neutral. The leading party in the Opposition, the Nepali Congress (NC) led by Sher Bahadur Deuba, with 61 members voted against Mr. Oli along with the Pushpa Kumar Dahal-led Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) with 49 votes. Th
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Loses Trust Vote In Parliament Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Loses Trust Vote In Parliament Prime Minister Oli secured 93 votes in the lower house of parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
With this, Prime Minister Oli is automatically relieved from his post as per Article 100 (3) (Fille)
Kathmandu:
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lost a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Monday, in a fresh setback to the embattled premier seeking to tighten his grip on power after the CPN (Maoist Centre) led by Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda withdrew support to his government.
Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli Loses Vote of Confidence in Parliament
Reports said that 93 lawmakers voted in favour of PM Oli, while 124 of them voted against him, and 15 abstained.
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Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday, 10 May, lost a confidence vote in the country’s parliament.
The Nepalese PM faced a floor test in Parliament on Monday and
needed 136 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives to win the vote of confidence.
However, reports said that 93 lawmakers voted in favour of PM Oli while 124 of them voted against him, and 15 abstained.
Following the political development, the former PM held a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
Nepal s President orders formation of a new government
Nepal s President orders formation of a new government
Kathmandu, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Nepal s President Bidya Devi Bhandari asked the country s political parties to form a majority government, after Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli lost on Monday a confidence motion in Parliament.
Oli, who became Nepal s PM for the second time in 2018 as the candidate of a left-wing alliance, failed to win enough backers in the House of Representatives of the legislature, The Himalayan Times website referred.
The PM asked to prove his majority after the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal withdrew support for his government.