Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, won a crucial floor test in Parliament on Sunday with more than a two-thirds majority and vowed to begin a “new chapter” in Nepali politics, nearly a week after he was sworn in to lead a coalition government in the politically unstable Himalayan nation.
Oli secured 188 votes in favour of the Vote of Confidence motion tabled by him while 74 votes were cast against him. Out of a total of 263 members of the House of Representatives who were present, one member abstained.
Oli, 72, required 138 votes to pass the floor test in the lower house of Parliament.
“I declare that the motion of the vote of confidence tabled by Prime Minister Oli has been endorsed with a majority,” announced Speaker Devraj Ghimire after the counting of votes.
“We have to build a modern, systematic, and democratic society. It does not mean anarchism. Democracy and anarchism are two different things. Democracy without anarchism, disciplined democracy. We need a kind of comprehensive democracy, not just in one sector. Democracy not in word but in practice,” the veteran Communist leader said.
“The Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) CPN-UML are working towards this direction. I think other parties are also understanding this fact. Let’s begin a new chapter in Nepali politics,” Oli said.
With Oli getting more than a two-thirds majority, the new coalition government is expected to amend the Constitution.
According to Nepal’s Constitution, Oli needed to secure a vote of confidence from Parliament within 30 days of appointment. He was sworn in on Monday as Nepal’s Prime Minister for a fourth time.
Earlier while tabling the motion seeking a vote of confidence in his government, Oli made public the content of the seven-point agreement reached between the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML earlier this month.
Right after the general election in 2017, Oli, who was able to usher nationalist sentiment amongst the people siding with China formed a government and remained in power from February 2018 to May 2021.Oli again was appointed as Prime Minister under the constitutional provision of 76 (3) from May 2021 to July 2021 after staking claim as the parliamentary leader of the largest party in parliament. While in power for about three years, Oli had dissolved the parliament twice, which was reinstated by the Supreme Court issuing a mandamus.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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