It is clearly stated in the statement of the President's Office, ”As the President, based on the recommendation and consent of the Prime Minister (Oli), I appoint Sushila Karki as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Nepal to hold the next election of the House of Representatives within 6 months.”
Major political parties have been protesting the interim government formed under the leadership of Sushila Karki and the move to dissolve the parliament as unconstitutional. While in order to find a political solution after the Gen-G rebellion, President Ramchandra Paudel appointed Karki as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Nepal on the recommendation of KP Sharma Oli, who became the Acting Prime Minister.
Before taking the decision, President Paudel consulted with Congress, UML and Maoist leaders and agreed. While there are different opinions among the parties about whether to participate in the election or not.
He (the President) consulted the Acting Prime Minister (Oli) several times from Sheetal Niwas. Oliji has told the President that he will give recommendation and approval for the interim government if he only takes one article of the constitution and resolves it in accordance with the spirit of the constitution,' Constitutionalist Chandrakant Gyawali, who reached Sheetal Niwas on 26 August to resolve the constitutional crisis, told Kantipur, 'We told him to go accordingly, the President convinced him to do so.' After an intensive discussion with Bhimarjun Acharya, Surya Dhungel, Baburam Kunwar and Lalit Basnet for about 6 hours, he opened the way for a constitutional exit. In the
discussion, the Jen-G movement made the demand for good governance, directly elected prime minister, appointment of impartial constitutional bodies and the demand for the dissolution of parliament as the main issue, and it was concluded that the spirit and intention of Article 66 of the Constitution is the basis. This Article empowers the President to act on the recommendations of the Prime Minister. Acting Prime Minister Oli recommended the appointment of Karki as Prime Minister based on the same article.
The press release issued by the President's office also states that 'since it is necessary to promote the national unity of Nepal, Mr. Sushila Karki, Morang has been appointed as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Nepal in order to complete the next election of the House of Representatives within 6 months, based on the recommendation and consent of the Prime Minister in the Constitution of Nepal. According to Gyawali, not only with acting Prime Minister Oli, the President also consulted top leaders of other parties from Sheetal Niwas to find a political solution. Some were called by the President himself to the office.
The day after the appointment of Karki as the Prime Minister and the dissolution of the Parliament, President Paudel issued a meaningful statement and said, 'I appeal to all parties to cooperate with the work of holding the elections on February 21 by taking advantage of the opportunity obtained by great strategy.' According to the sources close to the President, in the unusual situation of whether the constitution will remain or not, the President, along with Acting Prime Minister Oli, also agreed with top level leaders of Congress, UML and Maoists for the latest political course.
President Paudel fought for democracy all this time, he spent his life in this. I have no personal interest, democracy and the constitution should be saved, we all said that we should save this system together, that's the basis of this solution," said Gyawali, "since the government was not formed according to the regular process of the constitution, it cannot be said that now the political parties have gone beyond the constitution because the interim government has been formed by the demands of political necessity, the foundation of the movement and the consent and consensus of all the 'stakeholders' of the constitution. This government has political and constitutional legitimacy.' President Paudel's main concern was how to form an interim government in a difficult political situation and when and how to dissolve parliament. After that, President Paudel sent a constitutionalist to Sheetal Niwas to resolve the constitutional crisis. In that discussion, the constitutionalists presented four possible models for the formation of the new government.
In the first model, there was an option to form a government through the regular process of the constitution with the consent of Gen-G protesters and the person proposed by Gen-G could be made a minister for 6 months. In the second model, there was an option to appoint an MP supported by Gen-G from among the 275 MPs in the parliament, and a representative of Gen-G as a minister for 6 months. In the third model, the option of the President announcing the appointment of the Prime Minister from outside the Parliament and submitting it as a proposal to the Parliament and passing it in accordance with Article 99 was put forward. In the fourth model, based on the harsh situation of the Gen-G movement, the sacrifices of the martyrs and the aspirations of the injured, the Acting Prime Minister Oli himself was supposed to agree to recommend the formation of an interim government. The last of these four options was negotiated with Gen-G representatives.
On August 26, the constitutionalist prepared an initial draft in Sheetal Niwas to make Karki the prime minister of the interim government and dissolve the parliament on his recommendation. However, it was delayed by one day after the Gen-G representatives demanded that Parliament should be dissolved before the appointment of the Prime Minister.
