81. After disbanding parliament Gyanendra extended the emergency by three months unilaterally. 82. After Koirala failed to get the support of the parliament, he resigned and at the same time asked King Birendra to disband parliament and announce snap polls. 83. After parliament was disbanded, the king unilaterally extended the emergency by three months. 84. This would have allowed him to disband the parliament which was trying to oust him from the presidency. 85. Koirala asked the King to disband the parliament and was named by the monarch to head the caretaker government that oversaw the vote. 86. Koirala last month expelled the premier from the party for three years to protest his decision to disband parliament and call elections two years early. 87. Lukashenko disbanded his parliament in a much-criticised referendum last year and has imposed control over the press and opposition. 88. Leghari also disbanded parliament and called the new elections. 89. Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari on Friday asked King Birendra to disband parliament and hold new polls within six months. 90. Prosecutors also charged that Chun masterminded the Kwangju massacre, arrested leading politicians and disbanded parliament in a premeditated plot to seize power. |