Nepal’s president on Sunday called on the country’s political parties to form a new government within a week after last month’s inconclusive elections.
The ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepalese Parliamentary Party, and the main opposition United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Communist Party of Nepal, need the support of a small group to form a new government.
Sandwiched between China and India, Nepal, with a population of 30 million, has undergone 10 changes of government since 2008, when it abolished a 239-year monarchy.
Political instability is hurting economic growth and unsettling investors.
The ruling coalition secured 136 seats in the election, two fewer than the required majority of 138 in the 275-seat House of Representatives. UML and its allies won her 92 seats.
According to a statement from the presidential office of Bidhya Devi Bhandari, “Members of parliament who are able to command a majority with the support of two or more political parties claim their right to be appointed prime minister by 5 pm local time on December 5. 25.
“We will discuss the formation of a new government under our leadership within the (ruling) alliance and with other parties,” Prakash Sharan Mahat, a party spokesman for the Nepalese parliament, told Reuters. said.
He said Deuba, 76, was the frontrunner to be appointed prime minister for the sixth time.
