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Kathmandu, Sept 13: The Federation of Nepali Journalists has said that the public mandate has been insulted after the dissolution of parliament.

“The President appointed the Prime Minister in violation of constitutional provisions, and the President endorsed the Prime Minister’s midnight recommendation to dissolve the House of Representatives HoR),” the federation said in a statement issued on Saturday (Bhadra 28). “This is an insult to the public mandate. The federation strongly condemns and denounces this undemocratic and unconstitutional step.”

The federation noted that a new political situation had emerged in the country after the ‘Gen Z’ movement.

“The federation believes that appointing the Prime Minister in violation of the constitution and dissolving the House against earlier precedents and principles set by the Supreme Court is against constitutional and people’s supremacy. This step signals danger for democracy,” the statement read.

The federation warned that this move would hurt the country’s democratic system, constitutional supremacy, citizens’ rights, human rights, press and freedom of expression, republicanism, federalism, and inclusivity.

People’s News Monitoring Service