Published On: August 3, 2018 04:07 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal
KATHMANDU, Aug 3: A meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) has turned the nomination of Deepak Raj Joshee for the post of chief justice by two-thirds majority of votes on Friday.
Of the total 15 PHSC members, 10 members voted against Joshee while the four members representing main opposition NC boycotted the meeting. Ruling Nepal Communist Party has nine members, Federal Socialist Forum Nepal has 1, NC has four and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal has 1 member in the PHSC.
NCP opted for voting after efforts made to forge consensus could not yield any fruits and the main opposition NC boycotted the meeting.
Emerging from the meeting PHSC member Yogesh Bhattarai gave five reasons based on which ruling NCP turned down Joshee’s name for the post of chief justice.
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