Tag: Parliament

  • PM Oli warns HoR dissolution could repeat

    PM Oli warns HoR dissolution could repeat

    KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli, justifying his move of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR), warned the HoR could be dissolved again if a precarious situation arrives where the government and Parliament do not function effectively.

    Addressing an all-party meeting at Shital Niwas Tuesday, PM Oli remarked going for fresh elections was the obvious course of action if the political stalemate continued.

    “Article 76 and 85 have provisions for Parliament dissolution. If the government and Parliament do not run smoothly, the House could be dismissed again. One should not raise their eyebrows if so happens,” the PM told the gathering of party leaders Tuesday.

    The PM also expressed dissatisfaction over the allegation of regression against his House dissolution move.

    Likewise, parliamentary party leaders raised questions over the role of the president in the HoR dissolution at the meeting. Replying to such references, President Bhandari stated that she had truthfully abided by the constitution.

    President Bhandari said political cooperation and consensus should be continued for effective implementation of the statute and for strengthening democracy in the country. She also stressed dialogue, cooperation and unity were unique features of Nepali politics.

    The meeting concluded with the president apprising the leaders about her two-day official visit to Bangladesh on March 22.

    The meeting, which was supposed to narrow down the differences among the political parties, failed to yield a positive outcome.

  • Parliament and party needed reconstitution: Minister Gyawali

    Parliament and party needed reconstitution: Minister Gyawali

    NCP standing committee member and foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has accused NCP Chair Prachanda of sowing the seed of crisis in the party by playing factional politics.

    The government had laid the foundation for good governance, development, and prosperity in around three years, but lack of support from the Prachanda faction and obstruction in the House of Representatives led to the need for reconstitution of the parliament, he said.

    Speaking at a district-level gathering of party cadres in Myanglung of Tehrathum, Gyawali said we have no role in the division in the party, the Prachanda faction is solely responsible for bringing dispute in the party.

    The HoR had to be dissolved because the Prime Minister and the government were not allowed to carry out development activities by an opportunist group.