KATHMANDU: The main opposition CPN-UML has said the ruling coalition’s move to impeach the Chief Justice is a conspiratorial move against the judiciary and democracy.
An emergency meeting of the UML Central Secretariat was held in Balkot Sunday evening.
The meeting decided to oppose the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, concluding that the ruling coalition’s objective behind the move was plunging the country into instability.
After the meeting, UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel said that the party had decided to oppose the impeachment and urge the public, as well, to do so. He added the meeting of the UML parliamentary party Monday would take important decisions to defend the judiciary and denounce the impeachment.
Stating that the ruling coalition, when in power, often carried out such activities against the democratic republic, the UML called on the public to protest the ruling coalition’s attack against the judiciary through Rana’s impeachment motion.
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