Oli to seek trust vote on May 10
Kathmandu, May 3: Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will seek a vote of confidence from Parliament on May 10 in his bid to stay in power.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli, summoned a Parliament session on May 10 to obtain a vote of confidence in his government, according to an official statement on Sunday.
Oli, 69, requires at least
136 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament, to win the confidence motion as four members are currently under suspension.
During a Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Oli said that he would try to win the trust of Parliament to stay in power, Nepalease media reported.
Oli’s decision comes amid the current chaotic state of political affairs in the country that emerged since the Prime Minister’s controversial move to dissolve the House of Representatives in December last year.
The Prime Minister will seek a vote of confidence on May 10, Lila Nath Shrestha, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs, told the Kathmandu Post. This is just a day-long session.
Shrestha said Oli wants to take a vote of confidence to take the political process which has been stuck now, forward. The government believes it will win the vote of confidence. If not, the process will move forward for the formation of a coalition government.
This is also an opportunity for other parties to form the government otherwise the country will move in the direction of the snap poll, he said.
Prime Minister Oli’s decision to seek a confidence vote comes at a time when Nepal is grappling with the effects of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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