‘Revoke action against Katawal’
Constitutional experts on Wednesday advised Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to revoke the Maoist-led government's decision to sack Chief of the Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal.
The prime minister had invited legal experts and senior lawyers at his office on Wednesday to seek advice on whether or not to roll back the previous administration's decision to sack the Army chief.
"All legal experts said the Maoist government's decision was illegal. They said the new government can correct the decision," a Minister who attended the meeting told the Post. The lawyers' team comprised Nepal Bar Association Chairman Bishwo Kanata Mainali, senior lawyers Radhe Shyam Adhikari, Harihar Dahal, Badri Bahadur Karki, Agni Kharel, Bhimarjun Acharya, Shambhu Thapa, Tika Ram Bhattarai, Surya Dhungel and Lalit Bahadur Basnet.
They said as the coalition partners had boycotted the Cabinet meeting and rejected the Maoist proposal, the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government had turned into minority one when it decided to sack Katawal. They added that the decision was unconstitutional as it was unilaterally taken and was not implemented through the recommendation of Prime Minister. The Cabinet meeting scheduled for Thurdsay is likely to endorse the President's move to reinstate the Army chief.
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