An impeachment motion has been filed against Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana at the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
The lawmakers of the ruling party registered the proposal at the Singha Durbar-based secretariat at 10:15 this morning. In the proposal, Chief Justice Rana has been accused of incompetence.
According to the spokesperson of the secretariat, Dr. Rojnath Pandey, the proposal has 95 MPs including Dev Prasad Gurung of the CPN-Maoist Center, Dr. Pushpa Bhusal of the Nepali Congress and Jeevan Ram Shrestha of the CPN-Unified Socialist Party, and Dr. Minendra Rijal of the Nepali Congress.
98 MPs and lawmakers of the ruling coalition have the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Rana today.
In the impeachment motion, he is accused of being incapable of safeguarding democracy, human rights, justice of the people, rule of law, and constitution.
Similarly, it is mentioned in the impeachment motion that excessive distortions, inconsistencies, corruption and middlemen have increased during his tenure.
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