Nepal Prez gives parties six more days to form govt
8 Dec 2012 7:54 AM IST
As Nepal's main parties struggled to form a national unity government, President Ram Baran Yadav on Friday gave them another six days to strike a deal, the second such extension to the original November 29 deadline.
Yadav's move came a day after crucial talks between the ruling alliance comprising UCPN-Maoist and Joint Madhesi Front and opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML on naming a consensus Prime Ministerial candidate failed, despite being given an extra seven days to do so after they missed the original deadline.
‘The President has extended the deadline for recommending the name of the consensus candidate of Prime Minister by another six days as per the request made by the major political parties,’ his office said in a statement. It was the second time that the President had extended the deadline issued to political parties to form a national consensus government that would replace the incumbent government led by Premier Baburam Bhattarai of UCPN-Maoist.
Yadav's move came a day after crucial talks between the ruling alliance comprising UCPN-Maoist and Joint Madhesi Front and opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML on naming a consensus Prime Ministerial candidate failed, despite being given an extra seven days to do so after they missed the original deadline.
‘The President has extended the deadline for recommending the name of the consensus candidate of Prime Minister by another six days as per the request made by the major political parties,’ his office said in a statement. It was the second time that the President had extended the deadline issued to political parties to form a national consensus government that would replace the incumbent government led by Premier Baburam Bhattarai of UCPN-Maoist.
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