Expressed serious Concerned
President Ram Baran Yadav on Monday expressed serious concerns over
crippling shutdowns, attacks on the media and lack of concrete progress
on constitution drafting.
With barely a week to go before the statute deadline of May 27, the President held separate and serious discussions with top leaders of four major political forces and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and drew their attention to the hardship the public has been facing, their grievances and political commitments made in the past.
Before holding discussions with the PM, Yadav held meetings with UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala, CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal and Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Fouram-Loktantrik Bijaya Kumar Gachhaddar.
The President urged the leaders to forge consensus immediately on disputed issues and create an environment conducive to drafting the constitution.
Koirala said the President asked the leaders to understand the gravity of the situation and come to terms on the disputed issues by today.
In response, leaders said they were doing their best to forge consensus.
The President also criticised the manner in which leaders were seeking consensus. "How can you arrive at consensus without holding concrete talks? Instead of forging consensus you are coming out in the streets and fuelling the already tense situation," the president told the leaders.
The leaders assured Yadav that they will bring out the constitution by May 27 at any cost.
"Why is the state not paying serious attention to the public's sufferings for long due to the strikes. Is it not the government's duty to address the public's suffering?" the President told the PM, according to the President's Press Adviser, Rajendra Dahal.
The discussions also focused on the demands of the Madhesis, Muslims and the ethnic communities, among others, who have resorted to shutdowns to press the government with their demands.
Yadav also expressed sadness over attacks on the media during strikes and urged the leaders and the PM to guarantee press freedom.
With barely a week to go before the statute deadline of May 27, the President held separate and serious discussions with top leaders of four major political forces and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and drew their attention to the hardship the public has been facing, their grievances and political commitments made in the past.
Before holding discussions with the PM, Yadav held meetings with UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala, CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal and Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Fouram-Loktantrik Bijaya Kumar Gachhaddar.
The President urged the leaders to forge consensus immediately on disputed issues and create an environment conducive to drafting the constitution.
Koirala said the President asked the leaders to understand the gravity of the situation and come to terms on the disputed issues by today.
In response, leaders said they were doing their best to forge consensus.
The President also criticised the manner in which leaders were seeking consensus. "How can you arrive at consensus without holding concrete talks? Instead of forging consensus you are coming out in the streets and fuelling the already tense situation," the president told the leaders.
The leaders assured Yadav that they will bring out the constitution by May 27 at any cost.
"Why is the state not paying serious attention to the public's sufferings for long due to the strikes. Is it not the government's duty to address the public's suffering?" the President told the PM, according to the President's Press Adviser, Rajendra Dahal.
The discussions also focused on the demands of the Madhesis, Muslims and the ethnic communities, among others, who have resorted to shutdowns to press the government with their demands.
Yadav also expressed sadness over attacks on the media during strikes and urged the leaders and the PM to guarantee press freedom.
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