PM Prachanda secures vote of confidence; vows to conclude peace process soon

Kathmandu / Mar. 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has secured the vote of confidence from the House of Representatives (HoR).

A total of 172 out of 262 HoR members present in the meeting voted for the proposal on the vote of confidence to the government presented today at the HoR meeting by PM Prachanda.

A number of 89 HoR members voted against the proposal while a member stood neutral.

Following the voting on the confidence motion, Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced that PM Prachanda secured the confidence of a majority of HoR members.

CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Prachanda was appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal on December 25, 2022.

Earlier, PM Prachanda secured the vote of confidence for the first time on January 10 when he had secured over 99 per cent of the vote in the HoR, with 268 votes in favour when 270 members were present.

The HoR is a 275-member body.

PM Prachanda pledges to conclude peace process soon

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the incumbent government is diligent to conclude the remaining task of the peace process without any further delay.

In his address to a meeting of the House of Representatives before seeking a vote of confidence today, the Prime Minister said the Bill on the Commission on Enforced Disappeared and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (third amendment)-2079 BS had been already presented to the House. He pledged to deal with the Bill in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law and the International Human Rights Law; principles, norms and values of transitional justice, submissions of survivors, opinions of the bodies concerned and the Supreme Court verdict.

It may be noted that the government tabled the Bill in the House on Sunday.

“This is not the issue concerning just a specific party or a group, it is a national issue, instead, and is to be dealt with accordingly,” the Prime Minister said, adding that the government would respond to the remaining task of the peace process and the issues of transitional justice with much priority so as to conclude them at the earliest. RSS