Nepal’s PM resigns after losing majority support
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NEPAL’S prime minister resigned yesterday shortly before he was to face a confidence vote in parliament that he expected to lose, further aggravating political instability in the Himalayan country.
Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli’s 6-month-old government lost its majority support after the Maoist party pulled out of the coalition this month, accusing Oli of failing to honor power-sharing agreements.
In a speech in parliament that was broadcast live on television and radio, Oli said that the way he was forced to resign would have far-reaching implications for the country and lead to further political instability.
“The opposition parties hatched a conspiracy for narrow interests, and I am stunned by that,” he said.
“I have already submitted my resignation letter to the president and have informed the speaker about the resignation, paving the way for the election of a new prime minister,” Oli said in the speech, which came an hour before the confidence vote was to be held.
A change in government is nothing new in Nepal, with Oli the eighth prime minister in the past 10 years.
Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is now expected to try to form a new government with the help of the Nepali Congress and some other groups.
The Maoists are former communist rebels who fought government troops for 10 years until they signed a peace agreement.
The Maoist party’s major complaint was that Oli’s government failed to take proper legislative action in favor of the Maoist cadres facing trials for wartime crimes.
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