Nepal's new prime minister takes oath

The new Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, who was elected by the country's parliament on Saturday, took the oath on Monday, Kantipur reports. In this post, Nepal, representing the United Marxist-Leninist Communist...

The new Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, who was elected by the country's parliament on Saturday, took the oath on Monday, Kantipur reports.

In this post, Nepal, representing the United Marxist-Leninist Communist Party, replaced the leader of the Communist Party (Maoists), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who resigned on May 4.

The swearing-in ceremony, led by Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, took place at the residence of the head of state.

As expected, the names of key ministers who will enter the coalition government will be announced in the coming hours.
Dahal, also known by the party nickname Prachanda, which means "Fierce", was in office for less than a year.

The Maoists boycotted Saturday's vote in the Constitutional Assembly, which serves as parliament in Nepal, because of disagreement with the president's unconstitutional decision, in their opinion, to reinstate the country's army commander Rukmangud Katawala, dismissed by Prachanda.

This step of the president became the reason for Prachanda's departure from the post of prime minister. The Maoists, who control about a third of the seats in the 601-seat assembly and are the largest party, agree to cooperate with other political forces only after the dismissal of the commander.

In their view, Kathawal obstructed the peace plan's integration of former Maoist People's Army fighters into the armed forces. Some 19,000 former Maoist guerrillas have been waiting for their fate in barracks under UN supervision for three years now.

Experts believe that if the conflict is not resolved, there is a real threat of renewed violence in Nepal, which has suffered from a decade of civil war.

According to the message RIA News