Nepal Supreme Court Resinstates Parliament Dissolved By PM
02/23/21 AT 9:32 AM
Nepal's supreme court on Tuesday overturned the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament, terming the move unconstitutional.
In December Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli abruptly dismissed the House of Representatives and accused members of his Nepal Communist Party of being uncooperative. He called for elections in April and May.
More than a dozen writs were filed in the Supreme Court challenging his decision, while a wave of protests and clashes took place in the streets.
"The Supreme Court has ordered to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives after concluding that the government's decision was unconstitutional and against parliamentary practises," Kishor Poudel, the press expert at the Supreme Court, told AFP.