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Nepal´s governing coalition falters

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-04-2009 10:26

The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist or CPN-UML and the Sadbhavana Party have pulled out of the five-party coalition government.

Nepalese Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal (centre) has been sacked by the Maoist government for failing to comply with orders, a spokesman said, in a move that could trigger a showdown between the prime minister and the military.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)
Nepalese Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal
(centre) has been sacked by the Maoist government for
failing to comply with orders, a spokesman said, in a
move that could trigger a showdown between the prime
minister and the military.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)

Their move is in response to a government decision to sack the country's Chief of Army Staff.

Following the CPN-UML's decision to leave the coalition, the Sadbhavana Party decided on Sunday it would also pull out of the government, which is led by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist or UCPN-M.

Both parties were protesting the Prime Minister's decision to sack Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal.