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House dissolution against spirit of Constitution
23 May 2021, 02:27 GMT+10
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): Former Speaker of House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota on Saturday said President Bidya Devi Bhandari s decision to dissolve the HOR is against the spirit of the Constitution of Nepal.
In a statement issued on Saturday evening, former House Speaker Sapkota called the move of the President unprecedented and against the verdict of the apex court . The unprecedented move is against the political struggle and verdict of the apex court which had annulled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s earlier move of dismantling the parliament on December 20, 2020, he stated.
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Nepal’s president dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections on Saturday after the prime minister, who was heading a minority government and was unlikely to secure a vote of confidence in the chamber, recommended the move.
A notice issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s office set the elections for Nov. 12 and 19.
Nepal has been grappling with a political crisis at the same time it is struggling with a coronavirus surge and record numbers of daily infections and deaths, amid acute shortages of hospital beds, medication and oxygen.
Last year, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli dissolved Parliament on his own due to feuds within his ruling Nepal Communist Party. However, several petitions were filed at the Supreme Court and the judges ordered Parliament to be reinstated.
Terming the decision to dissolve the House of Representatives as unconstitutional and undemocratic, an alliance of Nepal opposition parties on Saturday declar