According to The Kathmandu Post, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will seek a vote of confidence in the country’s Lower House on Sunday.
Shreedhar Neupane, a press media assistant to Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Sapkota, said, “A proposal for a vote of trust has already been lodged in the Parliament Secretariat.” “Today, during the House of Representatives second meeting, the prime minister will take a floor test.
According to the Supreme Court’s decision, Deuba, the leader of the Nepali Congress, was chosen as the country’s prime minister on July 13. The court also reinstated the House of Representatives, which had been disbanded.
The court had resurrected the House for the second time in five months, despite the country’s political instability.
In December, Nepal was thrown into a political crisis when the president dissolved the House of Representatives and called new elections for April 30 to May 10 amid a power struggle within the ruling Nepal Communist Party. The Supreme Court, however, reversed that judgment in February.
In March, the Supreme Court ruled that the ruling Nepal Communist Party, which was created in 2018 by the merger of KP Sharma Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and Pushpa Kamal Dahal “PrachandaCommunist “‘s Party of Nepal, was unconstitutional.
Oli chose to take a trust vote on May 10, which he lost. After the Opposition parties failed to gain a majority to form a new government, he was re-appointed as Prime Minister three days later.
On May 21, Bhandari dissolved Parliament and called for new elections in six months. The decision was made based on Oli’s Cabinet’s suggestions. In Nepal, neither Oli nor the opposition could muster a majority to establish a new administration.
According to the country’s Constitution, Deuba has one month to obtain a vote of confidence. If he loses the election, the Lower House would be dissolved and a new election will be conducted in six months.
In the 275-member Assembly, the new Prime Minister need 136 votes. The House of Representatives currently has 271 members.
According to The Kathmandu Post, Deuba would require the support of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) Madhav Nepal faction to win the election. The party’s Standing Committee, on the other hand, has opted to vote no on the vote of confidence resolution.
In the Assembly, the Nepali Congress has 61 seats while the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) has 49. Deuba is also supported by the Janata Samajbadi Party’s Upendra Yadav-led group, which has at least 12 legislators. Rashtriya Janamorcha, which possesses one seat in parliament, has also opted to vote for Deuba.
