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The leader of Nepal's largest communist party has been named the country's new prime minister (apnews.com)
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The leader of the Nepal’s largest communist party, Khadga Prasad Oli, has been named the Himalayan nation’s new prime minister following the collapse of a previous coalition government.

A statement issued by the president’s office said Oli will take his oath of office on Monday.

A veteran politician and three-time prime minister, Oli will be leading a coalition government made up of his Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Nepali Congress party, the two largest parties in Nepal.

The last government headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal collapsed on Friday after Oli’s party, which had been a part of the coalition, withdrew its support to join the new partnership.

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[–] RedClouds@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 months ago

Best of luck to them!!!! Hopefully we see more good news come from Nepal and not a sudden turn to revisionism.

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is this going to be big for Nepal? How will this affect their relations with China?

[–] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago

Wasn't the last PM part of Prachanda Path tho?

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

I can't wait for libs to conflate Nepal and Tibet while blaming China

[–] PostingInternational@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If I remember correctly, they had their communist party split in two, so both the party in power and main opposition are communist.

However, the country is not doing that great, people are leaving for work etc, so what seems to me like liberals are gaining some traction now, at least locally, as my Nepalese colleague tells me.

[–] immuredanchorite@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Isn't National Congress relatively right-wing compared to every party previously in government?

[–] Ocommie63@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

Good for them 👍👍👍

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago

I liked Prachanda, tbh.