Chief among these was what they call the “unconstitutional” dissolution of Parliament, the embodiment of the people’s will, albeit theoretically. This, his detractors claim, had stoked serious threats to the country’s “hard-earned federal democratic system”.
On Sunday morning, in an apparent fit of pique, Mr Oli recommended dissolution of Parliament ~ which was approved by the President with alacrity ~ and holding a general election in April-May next year, more than a year ahead of schedule
PM Oli was under pressure to withdraw an ordinance related to the Constitutional Council Act that he had issued on Tuesday and got endorsed by President Bidya Devi Bhandari the same day.
