Nepal Supreme Court refuses to situation interim order on oath taken by PM Oli

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In a brief reduction for Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to situation an interim order on the writ petitions in opposition to his controversial oath-taking and reappointment of the seven ministers who will not be lawmakers.Four writ petitions have been filed within the Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday demanding that Prime Minister Okay P Sharma Oli be sworn in once more as he disgraced the workplace of the President by refusing to repeat all of the phrases she recited through the oath-taking ceremony.The Supreme Court has refused to situation an interim order on the writ petitions on the problem of Oli’s oath and reappointment of the seven ministers who will not be lawmakers.However, the apex court docket has informed the Office of the President and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to provide you with written responses inside 15 days concerning the oath taken by the prime minister on Friday, The Kathmandu Post reported.”On the oath of the prime minister and ministers, the final decision will be taken after the written response of the defendants so there is no need to issue an interim order now as demanded by the petitioners,” stated the order of the Supreme Court after its preliminary hearing on Tuesday.READ: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli loses vote of confidence in ParliamentPresident Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Oli as the prime minister at a scaled-down ceremony at Shital Niwas, the presidential palace, on Friday.During the oath-taking ceremony, Oli, the 69-year-old Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-(Unified MarxistLeninist), omitted the word “vow” when the President recited it, besides “in the name of God”.“I will take oath in the name of the country and the people,” Oli, who has become Nepal’s prime minister for the third time, said, while President Bhandari mentioned “God, country and the people.”All four writ petitioners demanded on Monday that Oli take another oath of office and secrecy as the one taken on Friday was illegal, The Kathmandu Post reported on Monday.Senior advocate Chandra Kanta Gyawali and advocates Lokendra Oli and Keshar Jung KC have registered a joint writ while advocates Raj Kumar Suwal, Santosh Bhandari and Nawaraj Adhkary have registered separate writs on the same issue.The petitioners claim that the prime minister disgraced the office of the President by saying “it is not necessary” even when the President repeated the word twice, the report said.They have demanded that all the actions of the prime minister be declared null and void until he takes the oath again, it said.ALSO READ: ‘Nepal overwhelmed by Covid. We need help’: Ousted PM Oli’s writes in UK dailyThe petitioners said the prime minister told the president that a phrase of the oath – “I solemnly and sincerely pledge”- was not necessary and such an utterance by the prime minister during the swearing-in ceremony undermined the prestige of the President’s Office.The petitioners have demanded that the court ask Oli to retake the oath of office and secrecy and bar him from working as the Prime Minister until he is sworn in again, the report said.The petitioners also urged the court to order the government to enact a federal law governing the process related to the swearing-in of the prime minister and ministers.They also seek the dismissal of seven newly-appointed ministers on constitutional grounds.Arguing that when a minister is reappointed, he or she needs to be a member of federal parliament, the writ demanded the dismissal of ministers, terming their reappointment a violation of the Constitution, My Republica website reported.Seven ministers, who are not members of the federal parliament, had taken the oath of office and secrecy for the second time on Friday against the existing constitutional provisions, the report said. According to a Supreme Court official, the hearing on the writs has been scheduled for Tuesday.Oli was reappointed as prime minister by the president in his capacity as leader of the largest political party in Nepal’s House of Representatives.ALSO READ: Nepal PM Oli’s govt loses majority after withdrawal of ‘Prachanda’ factionHe will head a minority government as he does not enjoy a majority in Parliament after losing the vote of confidence on Monday. He was reappointed to the post on Thursday night as the Opposition parties failed to secure majority seats in Parliament to form a new government.Oli will now have to face a vote of confidence in the House within 30 days, failing which, an attempt to form a government under Article 76 (5) of the Constitution would be initiated by the President.Whether he will be able to win the vote of confidence will determine the country’s future political course – midterm elections or a full-term government led by Oli.Earlier, the president had asked the Opposition parties to come up with the support of majority lawmakers to form a new government by 9 pm on Thursday after Oli lost the vote of confidence in the House on Monday.Until Thursday, Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who got backing from CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpakamal Dahal “Prachanda” was hopeful to get enough votes within the House to stake his declare as the following Prime Minister.But as Madhav Kumar Nepal took a U-turn after his last-minute assembly with Oli, Deuba’s dream to develop into the following Prime Minister was shattered.ALSO READ: Nepal’s ex-King Gyanendra, Queen Komal take a look at Covid optimistic after attending Maha KumbhThe CPN-UML of Prime Minister Oli is the biggest social gathering with 121 seats within the 271-member House of Representatives. At current 136 votes are wanted to type a majority authorities.If the events fail to type a brand new authorities in step with Article 76 (5) or the Prime Minister elected below this provision doesn’t safe the vote of confidence once more, the sitting Prime Minister can advocate the President to dissolve Parliament and announce the date to carry basic elections inside the subsequent six months.Nepal plunged right into a political disaster on December 20 final yr after President Bhandari dissolved the House and introduced contemporary elections on April 30 and May 10 on the advice of Prime Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for energy inside the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).Oli’s transfer to dissolve the House sparked protests from a big part of the NCP led by his rival ‘Prachanda’.In February, the apex court docket reinstated the dissolved House, in a setback to Oli who was making ready for snap polls.ALSO READ: PM Oli led CPN-UML suspends senior leaders Madhav Nepal, Bhim Rawal for six monthsALSO READ: Nepal’s SC quashes unification of PM Oli, rival Prachanda’s events