KATHMANDU: Taking part in the ongoing hearing on the writ petitions related to the dissolution of House of Representatives on Wednesday, Prime Minister KP Oli’s lawyer Sushil Pant argued that appointing a Prime Minister is the prerogative of the President and cannot be questioned by law.
Pant also questioned the legitimacy of the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the HoR.
“In a country with a parliamentary system, the president has the right to appoint the prime minister. Even if other works are done on the recommendation of the cabinet, the president has the right to appoint the prime minister,” he argued before the Constitutional Bench, adding, “President Bidya Devi Bhandari has the right to decide on the government under Article 76 (5) of the Constitution.”
Attorneys Sanjiv Raj Regmi and Pant said that it was natural for the President not to appoint anyone as the Prime Minister as the demands of both CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s claim seemed unconvincing.
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