The ultimate arbiter

The Nepali people are waiting with bated breath for the judiciary’s response.

After the constitutional crisis Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has invited with his unconstitutional sudden move of dissolving the House of Representatives, all eyes are on the judiciary. The Office of the President that approved the Oli Cabinet’s recommendation for the dissolution of Parliament has cited Articles 76 (1), 76 (7) and 85 of the constitution. None of the articles, however, allows Oli, as a majority prime minister, to dissolve the House using it.