Opposition parties in Nepal object to the recommendation of Manoj Sharma’s name for the post of Chief Justice.

Kathmandu. Nepal’s opposition parties have expressed their objection against the recommendation of Dr. Manoj Sharma’s name for the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Dr. Sharma’s name was recommended in the Constitutional Council meeting held at Singh Darbar on Thursday. Dr. Manoj Sharma is at fourth place in the order of preference.

In the meeting itself, National Assembly Speaker Narayan Prasad Dahal and leader of the main opposition party Bhishma Raj Angdembe had registered their disagreement. Angdembe said at a press conference today, “The Prime Minister proposed Sharma’s name, breaking the tradition, values ​​and beliefs in the judiciary. This cannot be agreed to. I have registered my dissent in the decision.”

Nepali Congress General Secretary Pradeep Paudel accused the government of breaking the principle of separation of powers. He said, “We already had disagreements on the ordinance related to the Constitutional Council. Now it has become clear that the ordinance was brought only to do so. The principle of separation of powers has been broken. The universally accepted principle of taking decisions by majority has also been broken.”

UML vice-president Raghuji Pant said that the executive has interfered in the judiciary by ignoring the seniority order in the recommendation. He said that the country was deprived of getting a capable woman Chief Justice. He said, “This way of the executive showing interest in the judiciary is contrary to the principle of separation of powers. There has been interference on the recognition of the independent judiciary. This can lead to major chaos in the judicial system of the country. Those who used to question the mistakes of those in power yesterday, are making an even bigger mistake today.” Pant said that people like Kiminbahadur Rayamajhi, Harikrishna Thapa and Anupraj Sharma have done excellent work by becoming Chief Justice.

Nepali Communist Party spokesperson Prakash Jwala said that the government is breaking democratic values. He said, “The government seems to be running in a totalitarian manner, breaking democratic values, beliefs and traditions. This is not appropriate for democracy. The tendency of the Prime Minister, who has come under democratic cover, to act in an undemocratic manner is a matter of concern.”