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This article written by Nihar R Nayak is published on the website of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Here is an excerpt: The President of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandari, on May 22, exercising her power under Article 76(7) on the advice of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, dissolved the House of Representatives or the Lower House of the Nepal Parliament and announced fresh elections. This decision was taken after political parties failed to form a new government under Article 76(5) of the constitution. The president’s office in a statement said: “While considering the fact that same members have been counted on both sides [K.P. Sharma Oli and Sher Bahadur Deuba], members have supported one another against the party decision and request from the concerned party to disregard their support … both the claims to obtain vote of confidence of the House of Representatives as per the Article 76(5) of the Constitution to be appointed as the Prime Minister do not stand valid.”1 Therefore, neither of them could form a new government by May 21 (9:00 pm), as per the deadline set by the President a day before. This is the second time the House has been dissolved in last five months. Previously, it was dissolved in December 2020. The Supreme Court, however, had reinstated the House on February 23, 2021, after hearing over a dozen writ petitions questioning the decision to dissolve the House. Like last year, this time too, the decision to dissolve the House was met with overwhelming resistance from across the Nepali society and the opposition parties. The latter criticised the decision as being authoritarian and anti-constitutional. Prime Minister Oli did not follow the laid out constitutional procedures like testifying confidence in the House within 30 days. He also did not resign after losing the confidence motion on May 10 and again on May 20 this year. The opposition criticised President Bhandari for showing parochialism and also allocating a very short time (21 hours) to the opposition parties to form the government. They have filed writ petitions in the Supreme Court against the decision and a constitutional bench has been formed under the Chief Justice along with four senior judges of the Supreme Court. Read the full article here.
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अदालतमा मुद्दा हुँदैनथ्यो भने संसद् बोलाएर ओलीलाई कारबाही गर्थ्यौं : दाहाल काठमाडौँ — नेकपा अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहालले अझै पनि संसद् बोलाएर ओलीलाई कारबाही गर्ने विकल्प रहेको बताएका छन् । सुदूरपश्चिमको राजधानी धनगढीमा नेकपाको दाहाल- नेपाल पक्षद्वारा आयोजित विरोधसभामा दाहालले प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटनको मुद्दा सर्वोच्च अदालतमा विचाराधीन नभएको भए संसद् बैठक बोलाएर प्रधानमन्त्री केपी ओलीलाई कारबाही गरिसकिएको हुन्थ्यो भनेका हुन् । अध्यक्ष दाहालले सर्वोच्च अदालतले संविधानमा रहेको व्यवस्था र लोकतान्त्रिक मान्यताअनुसार प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटनबारे फैसला गर्ने आफूमा विश्वास रहेको बताए । ‘सर्वोच्च अदालतले संविधान र लोकतान्त्रिक मान्यतानलाई बुझ्छ भन्ने विश्वास छ,’ दाहालले भने, ‘सर्वोच्च अदालतमा यो मुद्दा हुँदैनथ्यो भने हामी सदन बोलाउँथ्यौं । संसद् बोलाएर केपी ओलीलाई कारबाही गर्ने अधिकार हामीसँग थियो ।’ प्रमुख प्रतिपक्षी कांग्रेस, जनता समाजवादी पार्टीलगायत सबैले प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटन भनिरहेको उल्लेख गर्दै दाहालले भने, ‘विकल्पको रुपमा सभामुखले संसद् बोलाउने र संसदको दुई तिहाईले केपी ओलीले गरेको राष्ट्रघातका लागि कारबाही गर्ने तागत राख्छ ।’ संसद् विघटन गर्ने अधिकार प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीलाई संविधानले नदिएको दाहालको भनाइ थियो । संसदमा सरकार बनाउने विकल्प रहेसम्म प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटन नहुने व्यवस्था संविधानमा रहेको उनले उनले उल्लेख गरे । प्रधानमन्त्रीले संविधान र लोकतान्त्रिक मान्यता कुल्चेर अगाडि बढेको कुरालाई मान्य नहुने उनले बताए । विगतमा संविधानमा संसद् विघटन र राजकीय सत्ता राजाहरूमा रहेको तर अहिले त्यो सत्ता जनतामा रहेको भन्दै दाहालले सार्वभौम जनताले संसद् विघटन सही नभएको भनिरहेको धारणा राखे । प्रधानमन्त्री तथा अध्यक्ष ओलीसँग नेकपामा र सडकमा पनि एकतिहाइ समर्थन नरहेको अध्यक्ष दाहालको भनाइ थियो । निर्वाचनका बेला घोषणापत्रमा लेखिएका बाचा सरकारले तीन वर्षसम्म पनि पूरा हुन नपाएको दाहालको भनाइ थियो । प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीको सिफारिसमा राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारीले पुस ५ गते प्रतिनिधिसभा विघटन गरेकी थिइन् । उक्त विघटनविरुद्ध सर्वोच्च अदालतमा १३ वटा रिट निवेदन परेका थिए । जसमाथि संवैधानिक इजलासमा सुनुवाइ जारी छ ।