Nepal's ruling coalition tables impeachment motion against Chief Justice in Parliament
India Today
An impeachment motion against Nepal’s Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was tabled in parliament on Sunday, a month after as many as 98 lawmakers registered it in the House of Representatives.
An impeachment motion against Nepal’s Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana was tabled in parliament for further discussion on Sunday, a month after as many as 98 lawmakers registered it in the House of Representatives.
Dev Gurung, a lawmaker from the CPN (Maoist Center), tabled the motion in the House of Representatives (HoR), amid obstruction from lawmakers of the main opposition CPN-UML.
Gurung presented the 20-point impeachment motion which is backed by 95 lawmakers.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota allotted time for Gurung to present the impeachment proposal in the HoR. Following the presentation of the motion, the meeting of the HoR was postponed till March 16.
As many as 98 lawmakers of the Nepali Congress, the Maoist Centre and CPN (Unified Socialist) had registered the motion on February 13, charged Rana with corruption and cited his failure to run the Supreme Court smoothly.
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While tabling the impeachment motion, Gurung accused Rana of being incompetent and incapable of performing his role as the chief justice and that he couldn’t maintain transparency while fixing benches and finalising the cause list.
