Kathmandu, April 5 -- After Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal, vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), filed the sole nomination for the vacant post of the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday, he is set to be elected unopposed for the position on Sunday.

As Aryal prepares to lead the House as its 10th Speaker, it will be the first time in 16 years that a non-communist figure has taken charge of the lower house. With this, there is growing interest in who will be chosen as deputy Speaker.

Article 91 of the Constitution of Nepal mandates that as specified in the House of Representatives Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, the House must elect a Speaker and a deputy Speaker, one of them a woman. "The Speaker and deputy ...