KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Commissioners at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Wednesday met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The meeting comes at a time when CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki has been suspended after an impeachment motion was registered against him at the parliament.
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According to the Prime Minister’s Personal Secretariat, PM Dahal requested the five commissioners to take ahead the works of the constitutional anti-graft body.
“The Prime Minister requested the commissioners to move forwards the CIAA’s work in a regular basis,” said Press Coordinator to PM Dahal, Govinda Acharya, “Discussions were not held on a specific topic as it was a regular meeting.”
The Prime Minister told the commissioners that the government will not hinder CIAA’s work, but was ready for necessary assistance.
As many as 157 lawmakers from the main opposition CPN-UML and major ruling party CPN (Maoist Center) had registered an impeachment motion against Karki in the parliament on October 19.
The House started deliberations on the motion from yesterday.
