Dr Dinmani Pokharel appointed as new attorney general

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today appointed advocate Dr Dinmani Pokharel as the new Attorney General of Nepal.

According to the office of the President, President Bhandari appointed him to the post of Attorney General, in accordance with Article 157 of the Constitution of Nepal, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”.

The Attorney General is the chief legal advisor of the government and is appointed by the President at the recommendation of the prime minister.

Pokharel was the legal advisor of the then Speaker, Onsari Gharti Magar. An expert in constitutional law, has studied copyright law.

He even argued in the Supreme Court that the dissolution of the House of Representatives during the time of the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was unconstitutional.

Attorney General Khamma Bahadur Khati resigned on Monday after the formation of a new government.

There is a culture of changing the legal advisor of the government with the change of the government.