The Nepali president’s office has said that the country will hold the parliamentary election on March 5.

This came following several days of violent protests in the country against corruption and misgovernance led to the ouster of the KP Sharma Oli government on Tuesday.

In a statement late on Friday, President Ramchandra Paudel had said that he had dissolved the country’s Parliament, Reuters reported. The president had also announced that the general election will be held in six months.

This came hours after former Chief Justice Sushila Karki took oath as the prime minister of the interim government.

Karki, who has become the first woman to lead Nepal, was administered the oath of office by Paudel. She was appointed after two days of negotiations between the president, Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the leaders of the protest.

The political crisis began last week following protests sparked by the Nepali government’s ban on 26 social media platforms.

Although the Oli government lifted the social media ban on September 8, the agitation evolved into a broader protest against alleged corruption and misgovernance. A day later, Oli resigned from his post.

The demonstrations have been described as a protest mainly by “Gen Z”, generally referring to persons born between the late 1990s and 2010.

At least 51 persons were killed in the protests.

On Saturday, Poudel urged all political parties and citizens to cooperate in holding the polls for the House of Representatives on March 5, stating that it was an opportunity to strengthen Nepal’s democracy, The Himalayan Times reported.

This came after several political parties and a key lawyers’ body described the president’s decision to dissolve Parliament as “unconstitutional”, “arbitrary” and a serious blow to democracy, The Indian Express reported.

Eight political parties, including the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), on Saturday issued a joint statement opposing the dissolution of Parliament.

After a meeting of its central executive committee on Saturday, the Nepali Congress also said that the dissolution of Parliament had “jeopardised the democratic achievements” of the country, MyRepublica reported.

“This move to dissolve Parliament is against the spirit of our Constitution and the interpretation of the Supreme Court,” the news portal quoted the party as saying. “It is absolutely unconstitutional.”

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