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Nepal PM Secures Vote Of Confidence For Third Time

Dev Raj Ghimire, the House Speaker of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, is sitting in the designated space at the Federal Parliament in Nepal on March 13, 2024, during deliberations held ahead of the third vote of confidence for Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Prime Minister Dahal is testing the floor for the third time following the constitutional provision stated in the Constitution of Nepal 2072's Article 100 Sub-section (2), which mandates a Prime Minister to prove a majority in case any parties in the coalition walk out. In the third vote of confidence, which comes within 15 months of Dahal's tenure as Prime Minister, he has secured 157 votes in favor, while 110 lawmakers have stood against the vote of confidence. One lawmaker in the Nepali federal parliament has remained abstained. A total of 268 votes are being cast. Making a surprise turn on March 4, Prime Minister Dahal decided to revive a coalition with the CPN-UML, which caught the largest coalition partner, the NC, off guard. A new coalition, including the CPN-UML, CPN-Maoist Center, Rastriya Swatantra Party, and Janata Samajwadi Party, was initially formed. The following day, on March 5, the Nepali Congress formally retracted support for the Dahal government, activating Article 100 Sub-section (2). (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)

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