The Nepali President, Ram Chandra Paudel, was sworn in by Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli as the country's new Prime Minister (PM) on July 15th..Paudel conducted the ceremony at the President's Office at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time. The list of cabinet ministers was finalized, with the CPN-UML, Janata Samajwadi Party, Loktantirk Samajwadi Party, and the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) making up the new cabinet..Oil's appointment comes as three Nepali politicians filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court against his appointment. The petition demands the appointment of Oli as PM be annulled and a new PM be appointed per the Constitution's 76, subsection 3.
The Nepali President, Ram Chandra Paudel, was sworn in by Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli as the country's new Prime Minister (PM) on July 15th..Paudel conducted the ceremony at the President's Office at approximately 5:30 p.m. local time. The list of cabinet ministers was finalized, with the CPN-UML, Janata Samajwadi Party, Loktantirk Samajwadi Party, and the Nepali Congress Party (NCP) making up the new cabinet..Oil's appointment comes as three Nepali politicians filed a writ petition with the Supreme Court against his appointment. The petition demands the appointment of Oli as PM be annulled and a new PM be appointed per the Constitution's 76, subsection 3.