KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Deliberations on the impeachment motion filed against suspended CIAA chief Lokman Singh Karki continued in the Legislature-Parliament on Friday. Lawmakers from various political parties said that the impeachment motion should be endorsed by the House.
Alleging Karki of insulting the parliamentary committee, contempt of court, disobeying the people's representative body and of giving psychological torture to employees and terrorizing the public which compelled the lawmakers to move a motion of impeachment against him.
Karki has to face the impeachment motion for running a 'parallel government' and neglecting the presence of the parliamentary committee.
In the impeachment motion, suspended CIAA Chief Karki has been accused of directing the Tribhuvan University to take official action against some doctors in accordance with the provisions of the Interim Constitution even after the promulgation of the new constitution.
He was impeached for exerting pressure on the Nepal Medical Council officials and the concerned University to increase enrollment seats at the KIST Medical College where his close kin are said to own the share. He was accused of unnecessarily interfering in MBBS entrance exams of the Kathmandu University.
The charge against Karki includes taking revengeful actions against those persons and organizations critical of his performance, causing obstructions in the business of the judiciary and barring a team from the Supreme Court from serving the notice issued by the apex court summoning him to defend his appointment as the CIAA Chief.
On 19 October 2016, 157 MPs of CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) filed impeachment motion against Lokman Singh Karki at the Parliament Secretariat on the ground of his or her failure to fulfill his or her duties of office because of serious violation of the constitution and law, incompetence or misconduct or failure to discharge the duties of office honestly or serious violation of the code of conduct.
House continues deliberation on impeachment motion
