#prime-minister-resignation

#prime-minister-resignation

After less than four weeks in office, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned in frustration. Even before he had a chance to form a government, the split between the left and right blocs in parliament proved too much for him. With Lecornu, President Emmanuel Macron has now lost his third head of government in the space of a year, making it impossible to pass the budget. Urgently needed savings are being postponed once again.

Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli stepped down on Tuesday following violent anti-government protests, plunging the poor Himalayan nation into fresh political turmoil. "In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution," Oli said in his resignation letter to President Ram Chandra Poudel.