Nepal's parliament failed for the sixth time to elect a prime minister on Sunday, as the house speaker warned of a "serious crisis" if a new government is not in place soon.
Nepalese caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (R) and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal leave the parliament in Kathmandu. Nepal's parliament failed for the sixth time to elect a prime minister on Sunday, as the house speaker warned of a "serious crisis" if a new government is not in place soon.
The country has been without a government since June 30, when former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal stood down under pressure from the opposition Maoist party to pave the way for a new power-sharing administration.
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