Ahead of a vote of no-confidence, moved by former Maoist rebels in Nepal, two political parties left Nepal’s ruling coalition today. The motion is due to be put to a vote in the 595-member Parliament later today. Observes say the Prime Minister K.P. Oli looks likely to lose the trust vote.
Nepal has been plagued by turmoil for years and the latest uncertainty over Oli’s fate risks the further sapping of business confidence.
Kiran Giri, a senior official of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, referring to party’s decision to abandon Oli’s coalition, said they were left with no alternative because of the arrogance of the Prime Minister and his party.
The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal is the other party that said it was leaving the alliance.
Both parties said they would join the opposition in today’s vote aimed at toppling the Himalayan country’s 23rd government since multi-party democracy was introduced in 1990 after protests.
Nepal has been flirting with crisis since September when it adopted its first republican constitution.
The ethnic Madhesi minority in the south of the country rejected the constitution, saying new federal states marginalized them by splitting their homeland.