Nepal's new Prime minister Jhalanath Khanal (R) reads as being sworn in by Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav (L) as caretaker Prime Minister Madav Kumar Nepal (C) looks on at the office of the President House in Shital Niwas in Kathmandu on February 6, 2011. Nepal's newly-elected prime minister, Jhalanath Khanal, was sworn in at a ceremony in Kathmandu on Sunday, ending a seven-month leadership vacuum in the troubled Himalayan nation. Khanal, chairman of the UML (Unified Marxist Leninist) party, took oath in front of President Ram Baran Yadav.
Once a Hindu monarchy, Nepal has endured a traumatic transition to democracy since 2006. With a succession of leaders and a caretaker government, the public has grown increasingly angry with how politics is played in Nepal.
But commentators claim there might be more instability to come. They say Nepal's fourth prime minister in three years will struggle to meet any of his government's objectives, as he will have to invest all his energy in political management and balancing conflicting interest groups just to survive.
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