KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The parliamentarians of Nepal Communist Party are awaiting Raj Narayan Pathak, the Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority's resignation following his alleged involvement in a Rs. 7.6 million rupees corruption case.
With the commissioner pulled into a corruption case, parliamentarian Yogesh Bhattarai said that Pathak needed to resign on moral grounds. "He's into a debate and he should resign on moral grounds and allow the CIAA to investigate into the case," Bhattarai said.
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"However, if he doesn't do so, we will have to use rights as parliamentarians. At the moment, we are at a 'wait-and-watch' situation," Bhattarai said.
Under Article 101 of the constitution, parliamentarians can impeach chiefs of constitutional bodies if they are found to have compromised their ethics.
