Supporters of the recent prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, said they would not accept the ruling. But nearly two dozen members of his own party wanted him out.
Tag: Legislatures and Parliaments
France Drops Plans to Enshrine Climate Fight in Constitution
The announcement marked a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who had framed the constitutional change as the symbolic backbone of his environmental policies.
Member of Greece’s Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Arrested After 9 Months on the Run
Christos Pappas, the party’s deputy leader who was taken into custody in Athens, will join the rest of the party’s leadership in prison.
Labour’s Kim Leadbeater Wins U.K. By-Election in Batley and Spen
The election this week of the sister of Jo Cox, a lawmaker who was killed in 2016, was seen as a victory for Labour’s leader in a region where Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives had made big inroads.
John Bercow, Central Figure in Brexit Drama as U.K. Speaker, Switches to Labour
Mr. Bercow was a lawmaker with the governing Conservatives before being elected speaker, a role in which he irked the governments of both Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Parliament Votes in New Government
An unlikely coalition prevailed against the country’s longest-serving leader. Now it must get its disparate factions to work together.
If Netanyahu is ousted, he could still lead the Likud party.
But prominent rivals within the party are motivated to run against him in any primary, accusing him of hurting the bloc with his stubbornness.
History-Making Vote on Israel Coalition Comes With a Thin Margin
If it is approved, a new government will remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and end two years of political gridlock.
Yair Lapid Won’t Be Israel’s Next Leader. But He’s the Power Behind the Throne.
If a new coalition government wins a confidence vote in Parliament on Sunday, Naftali Bennett will be Israel’s next prime minister. He wouldn’t be there without Yair Lapid.