By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, July 14: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli will be appointed Prime Minister only on Sunday evening. However, he will take the oath of office and secrecy only on Monday morning, according to President Ramchandra Paudel’s Press Advisor Kiran Pokharel.
After CPN-UML chairman Oli, in the support of Nepali Congress, submitted his claim for Prime Ministership under Article 76 (2) of the Constitution on Friday evening, just a few hours after the vote of confidence motion tabled by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ failed in the House of Representatives, rumours had it that Oli would be appointed to the top executive post on Friday itself. But he was not appointed.
According to Pokharel, President Ramchandra Paudel is scheduled appoint Oli as the new Prime Minister on Sunday evening and to administer him the oath of office on Monday morning.
“As the deadline to submit the claim by a lawmaker of the House of Representatives who is supported by the majority lawmakers of two or more parties expires only at 5:00 pm on Sunday, the President will appoint the new Prime Minister only after 5:00 pm on Sunday and he will administer oath to the new Prime Minister on Monday, ” Pokharel told The Rising Nepal.
The appointment and swearing-in process will proceed only after the deadline given by the President expires on Sunday, he said, adding that preparations were being made to organise the swearing-in ceremony at 11 am on Monday.
Immediately after the President called on the political parties representing the House of Representatives to submit their claim to appoint a lawmaker who can garner majority in the support of two or more political parties to the post of the Prime Minister as per Article 76 (2) of the constitution by 5:00 pm on Sunday, Oli staked his claim for the post of the Prime Minister on Friday night.
The process to appoint new Prime Minister began on Friday after Prime Minister Prachanda’s vote of confidence proposal was rejected.
Prachanda, chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre), was appointed Prime Minister on December 25, 2022.
An agreement inked by Nepali Congress and UML on July 1 paved way for Oli’s appointment as the Prime Minister for the third time.
Likewise, Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak confirmed that Oli would be appointed as the new Prime Minister on Sunday and he would take oath on Monday.
Now, Congress and UML are working on forming a small cabinet.
UML leader Pradeep Gyawali informed that President Paudel would appoint KP Sharma Oli as the new Prime Minister on Sunday evening. “We are finalising the list of ministries and ministers. We have discussed with Nepali Congress to form the government in a single go instead of appointing the ministers in instalments,” said Gyawali.
The Rising Nepal
