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Nepalese parties file no-confidence motion at parliament against PM

Xinhua, July 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three political parties have filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli on Wednesday afternoon.

The Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist-Centre) and Communist Party of Nepal (United) filed the no-confidence motion against the prime minister after he refused to step down from the post, a leader of the Congress, Ram Krishna Yadav, told media.

Oli, on Tuesday, said that he was ready to face the no-confidence motion at the parliament instead of quitting from the power.

The fresh political developments in the Himalayan nation emerged a day after the CPN (Maoist-Centre), a key ally of the Oli-led CPN-UML government, decided to withdraw its support for the government, accusing the prime minister of failing to implement the past accords.

With the CPN (Maoist-Centre) withdrawing from the alliance, Oli does not have a majority vote in the 601-member parliament.

It may take weeks for a new coalition government to be agreed upon by the political parties, according to political analysts here.

The CPN (Maoist-Centre) has already proposed its Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the next prime minister.

Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a key leader of the CPN (Maoist-Centre), told media that his party will form the next government under the leadership of Dahal with the backing of the Nepali Congress and other fringe parties.

A meeting of the country's largest political party Nepali Congress, on Wednesday morning, formally decided to lend support to CPN (Maoist-Centre) Chairman Dahal as the candidate for the new prime minister, according to a press release issued by the Nepali Congress Party.

The CPN (Maoist-Centre), third largest party in the parliament, had lent its support to the government under the leadership of the CPN-UML, paving the way for Oli to become the country's prime minister in October last year. Endit