Kathmandu: In a temporary relief for Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions against his controversial oath-taking and reappointment of the seven ministers who are not lawmakers. Four writ petitions were filed in the Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday demanding that Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli be sworn in again as he disgraced the office of the President by refusing to repeat all the words she recited during the oath-taking ceremony.
The Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim order on the writ petitions on the issue of Oli’s oath and reappointment of the seven ministers who are not lawmakers. However, the apex court has told the Office of the President and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to come up with written responses within 15 days regarding the oath taken by the prime minister on Friday, The Kathmandu Post reported.
“On the oath of the prime minister and…