Form govt under incumbent Chief Justice: Prachanda
8 Feb 2013 5:56 AM IST
Maoist chairman Prachanda on Thursday proposed to form an ‘election government’ under the incumbent Chief Justice to resolve the political crisis plaguing the country since May last year. The UCPN chief floated the idea at the concluding session of the Maoists' largest meeting since the rebels toppled the monarchy in 2006 after a decade-long civil war.
‘The closeddoor session of the Maoist general convention on Thursday endorsed the new proposal put forth by party Chairman Prachanda,’ party spokesperson Agni Sapkota said at the concluding session of the 7th General Convention of the party at Hetauda in central Nepal.
‘Prachanda had on the final day of the six day general convention proposed that an election government be formed under the leadership of sitting Chief Justice that would hold new election to the Constituent Assembly in April-May to draft the constitution,’ he said. A 601-member interim legislature elected to draft a post-war Constitution was dissolved by Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in May last year.
Prachanda has made it clear that the party cannot quit the government unless the Constituent Assembly elections are guaranteed under a new government.
In another development, Prachanda on Thursday retracted from his earlier stand to hold a referendum on the Nepal-India border disputes even as a key bilateral investment agreement with India was endorsed by his party.
‘The closeddoor session of the Maoist general convention on Thursday endorsed the new proposal put forth by party Chairman Prachanda,’ party spokesperson Agni Sapkota said at the concluding session of the 7th General Convention of the party at Hetauda in central Nepal.
‘Prachanda had on the final day of the six day general convention proposed that an election government be formed under the leadership of sitting Chief Justice that would hold new election to the Constituent Assembly in April-May to draft the constitution,’ he said. A 601-member interim legislature elected to draft a post-war Constitution was dissolved by Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai in May last year.
Prachanda has made it clear that the party cannot quit the government unless the Constituent Assembly elections are guaranteed under a new government.
In another development, Prachanda on Thursday retracted from his earlier stand to hold a referendum on the Nepal-India border disputes even as a key bilateral investment agreement with India was endorsed by his party.
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