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DISSOLUTION OF THE HOUSE |
Court In Politics By issuing the show cause
notice to the government, the apex court once again exhibits interest to indulge into
political matters By KESHAB POUDEL Thanks to the Chief Justice Keshab Prasad
Upadhyaya's single bench issuing the show cause notice to the government on the
dissolution of the House of Representatives, many MPs and political workers who did not
want to contest the forthcoming election for various reasons, have heaved a sigh of
relief. Chief Justice Upadhyaya has set the date
for the hearing on June 19. Although the major political parties have already declared
that they will not take part in the hearing, a faction of the ruling party led by
president Girija Prasad Koirala hopes that the if the court reinstates the parliament, it
will at least give some leverage to their political career.
Soon after the issuance of the show
cause notice on the political matter of dissolution, Chief Justice Upadhyaya also set in
motion the legal wrangling that will take place in the coming days. Although the Supreme Court has already set
three precedents on the dissolution of the House of Representatives, Upadhyaya's recent
notice provides country's lawyers another chance to work on it. "Our party has already decided to
contest the polls and we don't want to go to court. Instead of going to the people, we
don't see any rationale of knocking the court's door at this juncture," said Bharat
Mohan Adhikary, a senior UML leader. Interestingly, during the hearing of the
case in coming days, one will get the chance to see how many lawyers and judges will
change their stance this time. The court's hearing may give some more lead
stories to the newspapers and some more hope to the now ex-MPs who want to retain their
privileges for another two years. But whatever the decision the court will take, it will
only derail the political process and hijack the political agenda once again. |
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