The eighth round of prime ministerial election also failed to elect a new prime minister on Sunday, 26 September.
NC candidate Ram Chandra Poudel, the lone candidate running in the election for the post of prime minister, secured only 116 votes in his favour out of 189 votes cast on Sunday’s election. Two lawmakers voted against him and 71 stayed neutral. UCPN (Maoist) and UML abstained from voting.
Earlier, UCPN (Maoist) formally withdrew its candidacy for the post in the parliament session. Maoist vice-chairman Baburam Bhattarai had tabled the proposal to withdraw his motion to elect party chairman Puspha Kamal Dahal for the post of prime minister, which was passed by a majority in the House.
PM candidate Poudel had objected to Bhattarai’s proposal saying the withdrawal should have been done while registering the candidacy. The CA chair Subas Nembang ruled out Poudel’s objection and the House accepted Bhattarai’s proposal.
Dahal had announced the withdrawal of his candidacy two weeks ago after signing a deal with UML, which said that they would remain neutral until there is a consensus candidate for the post.
Earlier, UCPN (Maoist) and UML requested Nembang to amend the parliamentary regulations to end the on-going process. Nembang told them the rounds of voting will continue until a candidate gets an absolute majority.
The ninth round of the prime ministerial elections will be held on 30 September.
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You couldn’t credit this even if you read it in a book of fiction. Imagine an alien landing from another planet, arrives in Kathmandu to witness the system of electing PM’s:
“So, how did you do in the voting today?”
“I lost”
“Sorry about that, who won?”
“Nobody”
“Oh, who else was standing?”
“Nobody”
“Pardon?”
“Nobody”
“Er, so let me get this straight, you were the only candidate but you didn’t win?”
“Correct”
“So, if you are the only candidate what do you have to do to win?”
“I have to get more than half the voters to vote for me, or I have to persuade somebody else to stand then I have to get 66% of the voters to vote for me”
“What if nobody stands?”
“Oh that’s fine, it means we have forged consensus and agree that nobody is good enough to stand as PM”
“So who becomes PM then”
“Nobody”
“What about the current PM?”
“That’s who I mean, Nobody”
A cat has nine lives. Waiting for Cat Godot.
Spot the winner.