The dispute between the two big parties- Nepali Congress and CPN-UML- over the allocation of ministries, especially which party to handle the Home Ministry in the new government, has hindered the agreements the two parties reached on having the post of President and Vice-President endorsed from the Constituent Assembly.
As per the seven-point agreement between the two parties made on February 9, the CA would approve the continuation of the President and the Vice-President and after drafting the new constitution, election of the President, Vice-President, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the CA, and the Prime Minister V would be held before the promulgation of the CA.
However, as the dispute over which party was to get the Home Ministry flared, the agreement has been shadowed. Nepali Congress President and the parliamentary party leader Sushil Koirala was elected the Prime Minister after the agreement. With the delayed formation of the government, the schedule to election chairman of the CA has been affected. Similarly, the interim constitution is due for amendment for the endorsement of the continuation of the President and Vice-President.
The CPN-UML is of the stand that the election of the president and vice-president was must after the new mandate through the second CA which the NC is completely against.
In this connection, former Speaker Daman Nath Dhungana, said the agreement between the parties on writing constitution on time should be taken very positively. He further said all the affairs should be continued as per the agreement.
The Office of the President is almost unaware about the agreement between the two parties. Talking to the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Press Advisor to the President, Rajendra Dahal said the Office of the President was not informed about the two parties’ agreement. If the constitution was amended as per the agreement, the President’s Office would accept it.
UML’s Publicity Department Chief, Pradip Gyawali expressed confidence that the present dispute between the NC and UML would be settled by Monday. RSS
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