The Gulf Time Newspaper One of the finest business newspapers in the UAE brought to you by our professional writers and editors.
Kathmandu / AFP
Nepali opposition lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion on Wednesday against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli after former rebel Maoists quit his coalition, triggering fresh political turmoil in the quake-hit nation.
The former guerrillas announced on Tuesday that they were withdrawing support for Oli’s government, leaving his coalition without a majority.
After Oli refused to resign, opposition lawmakers from the Nepali Congress and the Maoists filed a motion against the embattled premier in parliament, an official told AFP.
“A no-confidence motion against the PM has been registered, 280 members have signed it,” said parliament spokesman Bharat Gautam.
According to procedure, Oli will now have a week to secure support for a majority government before parliament hosts discussions and a possible vote on the motion, Gautam said.
Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) currently holds 175 elected seats in parliament, far fewer than the 299 needed to win a vote of
confidence.