Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ will face the majority test in the House of Representatives on July 12. This was announced on Thursday. Earlier this week, two major political parties had withdrawn support from the Prachanda-led coalition government. The Prime Minister has written a letter to the Parliament Secretary requesting him to arrange voting for the majority test.
what does the constitution say
The Kathmandu Post reported, “Dahal has requested for a majority test under Article 100 (2) of the Constitution, which states that if the party headed by the Prime Minister is divided or If any political party withdraws support from the coalition government, the Prime Minister will have to present a proposal within 30 days to prove majority in the House of Representatives.”
Agreement reached between these parties
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) President KP Sharma Oli had on Monday reached an agreement to form a coalition government. It is noteworthy that in the 275-member House of Representatives, Nepali Congress, the largest party, has 89 members while CPN-UML has 78 members. Prachanda’s Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center (CPN-MC) has 32 MPs.
13 governments in 16 years
The ten-seat CPN-Unified Socialists (CPN-US) has said it will vote in favor of a Prachanda-led government. Despite this support, Prachanda has the support of only 63 members of the House of Representatives. He will need 138 votes to prove majority. Prachanda (69) will appear in the majority test for the fifth time in a tenure of about one and a half years. There have been 13 governments in Nepal in the last 16 years, which shows the fragile state of the country’s political system. (Language)