Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is set to take a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives (HoR) on January 10.
Prachanda was appointed the Prime Minister for the third term with the backing of a seven-party alliance led by the CPN (UML).
He will be taking the trust vote in line with the constitutional provision of a Prime Minister securing the confidence of the HoR within 30 days of his/her appointment to the executive post.
Through a letter today, PM Prachanda announced that he would be seeking the vote of confidence on the given date, according to the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Secretariat Spokesperson Dr Rojnath Pande said, the Prime Minister has urged the Secretariat to make arrangements towards that end.
“We received the letter from the Prime Minister that he would be receiving the vote of confidence on January 10 and have been urged to make necessary provisions for the same.”
PM Prachanda was sworn in last Monday.
Prime Minister Prachanda was supported by 169 MPs, including 78 from UML, 32 from CPN (Maoist Center), 20 from Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), 14 from Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), six from Janamat Party, four from Nagarik Unmukti Party and 12 from Janata Samajwadi Party and three independent lawmakers (Prabhu Sah, Kiran Kumar Sah and Dr. Amresh Singh).
In total, PM Prachanda has the support of 169 MPs from seven parties and three independents.
The 275-member lower house has 165 directly elected members and remaining 110 from the proportional representation system. Lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung from Manang has been suspended at the moment.
