Poll decision illegal
The Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and some fringe parties on Sunday
termed Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s decision to hold fresh
elections as an “unconstitutional move”.
Top leaders of the parties have knocked the doors of President Ram Baran Yadav. They said the PM declared the date for fresh CA elections without political consensus instead of promulgating a constitution within the deadline. The parties said the PM made the announcement to keep his government going.
After informing the President of the PM’s midnight decision, the parties said they will challenge the decision on both the constitutional and political fronts.
Top leaders of the NC, the UML, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Nepal, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Loktantrik and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party jointly drew the attention of the President to the PM’s decision. They said the President must take immediate steps as the guardian of the constitution against the “illegal” move. “One who is not a member of the parliament cannot hold the post of the prime minister. He is unconstitutional and now there is no alternative to a national unity government,” said NC Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel.
UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal said the PM committed a “serious crime” by declaring elections without amendments to the electoral laws and without consensus among the political parties.
“The prime minister, the one who is not a member of the parliament declared the elections to drag the country towards constitutional void with a bad intention,” Khanal said, emerging from a meeting with the president.
A joint statement issued after the meeting said the “authoritarian” act of the PM led to the dissolution of the CA. They have demanded the PM resign immediately. According to the leaders involved in the meeting, the president assured them that he would look into the matter.
Pokharel quits govt
Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel, who is also the General Secretary of the UML, boycotted a Cabinet meeting at the PM’s residence at Baluwatar immediately after Bhattarai floated the fresh poll proposal. He later resigned. “It makes no sense to be part of a Cabinet whose PM is supposed to resign to pave way for unity government,” Pokhrel said.
Top leaders of the parties have knocked the doors of President Ram Baran Yadav. They said the PM declared the date for fresh CA elections without political consensus instead of promulgating a constitution within the deadline. The parties said the PM made the announcement to keep his government going.
After informing the President of the PM’s midnight decision, the parties said they will challenge the decision on both the constitutional and political fronts.
Top leaders of the NC, the UML, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Nepal, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum Loktantrik and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party jointly drew the attention of the President to the PM’s decision. They said the President must take immediate steps as the guardian of the constitution against the “illegal” move. “One who is not a member of the parliament cannot hold the post of the prime minister. He is unconstitutional and now there is no alternative to a national unity government,” said NC Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel.
UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal said the PM committed a “serious crime” by declaring elections without amendments to the electoral laws and without consensus among the political parties.
“The prime minister, the one who is not a member of the parliament declared the elections to drag the country towards constitutional void with a bad intention,” Khanal said, emerging from a meeting with the president.
A joint statement issued after the meeting said the “authoritarian” act of the PM led to the dissolution of the CA. They have demanded the PM resign immediately. According to the leaders involved in the meeting, the president assured them that he would look into the matter.
Pokharel quits govt
Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel, who is also the General Secretary of the UML, boycotted a Cabinet meeting at the PM’s residence at Baluwatar immediately after Bhattarai floated the fresh poll proposal. He later resigned. “It makes no sense to be part of a Cabinet whose PM is supposed to resign to pave way for unity government,” Pokhrel said.
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