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Nepal's cabinet recommends president to remove constitutional hurdles for new gov't formation

Xinhua, July 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nepalese cabinet on Sunday recommended President Bidya Devi Bhandari to remove constitutional hurdles in forming a new government, a government spokesman said.

A meeting of the council of ministers held on Sunday in Kathmandu asked the president to use the constitutional power in accordance with Article 305 of the Constitution to remove hurdles to pave way for the formation of a new government, Minister for Information and Communication Sherdhan Rai, who is also the government spokesman, told media.

"Given the ambiguities in Clause 1 of Article 298 of the new Constitution which bars formation of the new government, the current government decided to recommend the president to remove such a constitutional hurdle," Minister for Tourism Ananda Pokharel said.

As per the new Constitution, the president can remove constitutional hurdles upon the recommendation of the government if any hurdle arises.

As per constitutional provisions, the president will make a formal appeal to major political parties to form a new government based on consensus within seven days after the prime minister resigns, according to local media reports.

The government led by K. P. Sharma Oli was reduced to minority at the parliament after its coalition partners CPN (Maoist-Centre), Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Loktantrik) and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party pulled their support to the government.

The largest party in the parliament, Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist-Centre), filed a no-confidence motion against Oli at the parliament last week after the leader refused to step down from power.

Following the no-confidence motion registered in the parliament, parliamentarians started a three-day discussion on the motion that concluded on Sunday afternoon. Endit