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KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Standing committee member of the main opposition CPN -UML Agni Kharel said that the five-year term of local government can not be delayed by a single day as it is determined by the constitution.
In a press meet organized at Birtamod of Jhapa on Tuesday, Kharel said that the UML would not tolerate any attempts to delay the local level elections by ‘violating the constitution'.
Also the former Law Minister, Kharel said further, “The election that should be held in May cannot be deferred for December. This is the local government, not the local body. The constitution has clearly mentioned a five-year term of the local government.”
He accused the government of making preparations not to hold local-level elections and intending to push the country toward the situation of uncertainty in the absence of people’s representatives.
Kharel expressed the view that the five-year term of local-level could not be extended by a single day and it would not be possible to keep the local-level without people’s representatives even a single day.
He blamed that ‘early election’ or three-tier election at the same time means a plan not to hold an election.
KATHMANDU, October 1: Pushpa Bushal, the whip of Nepali Congress (NC), has said Chairman of CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli is solely responsible for the split of his party. She added that the Nepali Congress (NC)did not have any role to play in the split.
In an interview with Ratopati, NC Whip Bhusal maintained that Oli’s unconstitutional moves, but not the NC, resulted in the split of the CPN (UML).
“CPN (UML) suffered split not because the NC came into power. If we look into the background of UML’s split, it dates way back. The Oli-led government was never responsible toward parliament, the constitution and the citizens. The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli kept on taking unconstitutional moves challenging the constitution itself. He misused the majority government. He dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) not once but twice. Oli’s move triggered protests and demonstrations a which can be considered the beginning phase of the split of CPN (UML),” said Bhusal.
Earlier, the government introduced a ‘party split ordinance which allowed the political parties to split if 20 percent members of the Central Committee or Parliamentary party opted to form a new political party.
When asked whether the ordinance introduced by the government helped the splinter faction of UML-led by Madhav Kumar Nepal form a new party, Bhusal said that the ordinance was for national politics. “Oli dissolved parliament and was looking forward to a midterm election. For the effective implementation of the constitution and stable government a majority government was essential, so the ordinance was introduced and annulled after fulfilling its objectives,” she said.
Read the full interview here:
President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday has appointed CPN-UML parliamentary party leader KP Sharma Oli the prime minister of the country as per article 76 (3) of the constitution.
MAKWANPUR, May 7: Central member of the CPN (UML) and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa today said that he fielded his candidacy for a vacant post of member in the National Assembly (upper house) as per party’s direction. “I filed my candidacy for the post for the protection of the constitution and economic prosperity,” he said while talking to media-persons on his way to Kathmandu, the central capital of the country, after filing his candidacy for the post.
On the occasion, he viewed that party cadres should be pro-people instead of being pro-leaders while making party organisation disciplined and respectable.
Stating that the federal government has mobilised security agencies in all seven provinces to maintain peace and security, he said that the provincial government should also mobilise its resources and provide treatment against Covid-19.
Likewise, Dr Khim Lal Devkota, a common candidate for the post from Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre), has said that the filing of his candidacy for the post aims to bring the constitution on track.
He stressed the need for discipline among political parties to make republic live and for making role of province more pro people, transparent and responsible.
Krishna Bahadur Tamang, another candidate for the post from the Nepal Workers Peasants Party, expressed his commitment to work for the welfare of people beyond personal vested interest while abiding by the constitution, laws and acts.
