South Korean court sets date for Yoon Suk-yeol impeachment ruling
South Korea's Constitutional Court will issue its long-awaited ruling on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment Friday, months after he was suspended for declaring martial law.
Yoon's December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule plunged South Korea into political chaos, after he sent armed soldiers into parliament, Aljazeera reported.
Lawmakers disobeyed the army by voting against the measure and impeaching Yoon shortly after, but months of political unrest have harmed South Korea's economy and put the country in leadership uncertainty, even as US President Donald Trump targets the region with tariffs.
The court convened weeks of impeachment proceedings to decide whether to officially remove Yoon from office, and then spent weeks to deliberate on the matter, sparking speculation that the justices were in deep disagreement, according to Aljazeera.
Yoon, who was elected in 2022 despite having no prior political experience, is also facing criminal charges for rebelling over the edict.
Despite the fact that a number of South Korea's democratic-era leaders have been imprisoned for crimes committed after their terms ended, Yoon is the first president to face charges while in office.
Winter session ends with passing condolence motion on Bohara's demise
The winter session of the House of Representatives (HoR) ended today endorsing a condolence motion on the demise of lawmaker Deepak Bohara.
In the today's session of the lower house, Speaker Devraj Ghimire tabled the condolence motion on the passing of Bohara and it was followed by the unanimous endorsement.
Bohara, a member of the House of Representatives from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), passed away this morning at the age of 76.
Suffering from various illnesses for the last three years, he died while undergoing treatment at Om Hospital.
In the meeting, the Speaker shared information about those lawmakers remaining absent in the HoR winter session 10 times or more than that due to various reasons.
He also apprised the session of a letter received from the Office of the President regarding the prorogation of the Federal Parliament's current session by midnight today.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday had decided to recommend to President Ram Chandra Paudel for the prorogation of the current session of both Houses of Parliament to be effective from midnight today.
With this, the Speaker also announced the prorogation of the HoR session from midnight today.
Nepal's Ambassador to Portugal Paudel presents credentials
Nepal's newly appointed ambassador to Portugal, Prakash Mani Paudel, presented his Letter of Credence to President of Portugal, Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa.
The ambassador presented his credentials amidst a function at the Lisbon-based Presidential residence and office Belém Palace on Monday.
After this, the ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Portuguese President.
On the occasion, the discussions between the two were focused on further consolidating Nepal-Portugal ties and enhancing the level of mutual interest and cooperation. Nepal has urged Portugal to establish the Embassy of Portugal in Nepal and cooperate with it in the promotion of trade and tourism.
The Portuguese President congratulated Paudel on his assumption of the post, wishing him a successful term.
Ambassador Paudel was accompanied by his spouse Rupa Paudel and embassy's second secretary Ram Babu Nepal on the occasion. Appointed as the Ambassador to Portugal in December, Paudel arrived here to assume office on March 6.
It may be noted that Nepal had established its embassy in Portugal in February.
Nuno Sampaio, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal and the Portuguese government representatives were also present on the occasion.
President Paudel prorogues Parliament session
President Ram Chandra Paudel has prorogued the current session of both Houses of the Federal Parliament from Tuesday night.
The Head of the State prorogued the current session of both Houses of Parliament on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers as per Article 93 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday had decided to recommend to the President to prorogate the current session of both houses of Parliament to be effective from midnight today.
