Nepal´s president orders parliament to pick new PM

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-11-2009 09:39

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Nepal's president Ram Baran Yadav has ordered the country's parliament to elect a new prime minister.

The order came on Sunday after major political parties failed to form a coalition government through negotiations before a deadline on midnight Saturday.

Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav administers the oath- taking ceremony of the Chief Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi at the President House in Kathmandu May 10, 2009. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar

Demonstrations are continuing in Nepal, after the Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, failed to come to an agreement with other parties on the formation of a new coalition government.

The crisis was sparked when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Prachanda attempted to fire the country's army chief Rookmangud Katawal. But his decision had been overruled by the president.

Prachanda accused the army chief of reneging on an agreement to integrate the former rebels into the army.