Even with a murder conviction, lawmakers might still be able to hold on to their seats

Lawmakers are suspended when they are convicted but they do not lose their seats unless their crime involves ‘moral turpitude’, but no one is certain what that means.

In this file photo, lawmaker-elect of Kailali constituency-1 Resham Chaudhary, the main accused of 2015 Tikapur incident, shows a dress-pin with an image of Nepal's flag during the oath taking ceremony at the Federal Parliament building in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. Keshav Thapa/TKP