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Politische Blockade in Nepal dauert an   [2010-09-05 ]

Im Parlament von Nepal fand sich zum sechsten Mal keine Mehrheit für die Wahl eines neuen Regierungschefs.

Weder der Maoisten-Führer Pushpa Kamal Dahal, genannt Prachanda, noch der Chef der Kongresspartei, Ram Chandra Poudel, erhielten bei dem Votum die nötige Mehrheit. Das südasiatische Land ist seit dem 30. Juni ohne Regierung.

Unter dem Druck der maoistischen Opposition war Regierungschef Madhav Kumar Nepal Ende Juni zurückgetreten. Der 57-Jährige war erst seit Mai vergangenen Jahres im Amt, seine Regierung galt jedoch von Anfang an als schwach.

Weiter beschädigt wurde sie durch ständige Machtproben mit den Maoisten, die die stärkste Kraft im Parlament sind. Die Maoisten beanspruchen nun wegen ihrer Mehrheit im Abgeordnetenhaus, den Regierungschef stellen zu dürfen. Koalitionsverhandlungen mit vier kleineren Parteien dauern an.

Die Maoisten hatten die Parlamentswahlen 2008 gewonnen, nachdem sie zuvor zehn Jahre lang in einem blutigen Bürgerkrieg für die Überwindung der Monarchie in Nepal gekämpft hatten. Ihr Anführer Prachanda wurde Regierungschef, trat aber nach nur acht Monaten im Streit um die Entlassung des Armeechefs zurück. Daraufhin wurde Madhav Kumar Nepal Ministerpräsident.

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Sixth round of PM election turns out to be yet another fiasco   [2010-09-05 ]

The sixth round of prime ministerial election held at the Legislature Parliament, Naya Baneshwar Sunday afternoon also proved futile as both the PM candidates- UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress (NC) vice president Ram Chandra Poudel -failed to garner sufficient votes to get elected to the post.

The parliament could not elect a PM as the CPN (UML) and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) stuck to their earlier decisions of staying neutral in the voting.

Maoist PM candidate Dahal secured 240 votes in his favour while 101 votes were cast against him. 163 lawmakers stayed neutral. There were 504 lawmakers at the House at the time of voting for Dahal.

Many lawmakers, who arrived late for the session, were barred from entering the House during the voting process for Dahal, as the House convened on time today. However, they were able to participate in the voting for NC candidate Paudel.

Paudel got 122 votes in his favour, while 242 votes were cast against him and 172 lawmakers remained neutral. 536 lawmakers were present at the House during the voting for Paudel.

The results were quite expected as the UML with 108 seats and the Madhesi Front with 82 seats had already declared they would stay neutral in the election.

The House has been adjourned after the voting. A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the legislature parliament will decide on the next date for PM election.

 

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