NC says no to CA term extension terming it against rule of law; insists upon promulgation of constitution within May 27
Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to reject the government’s decision to register constitution amendment bill in the parliament to pave way for three month extension of Constituent Assembly (CA)’s term.
An informal meeting of senior NC leaders and office bearers held at party president Sushil Koirala’s residence this morning took a decision to this effect after remaining adamant on their previous stance for promulgation of the constitution within the May 27 deadline.
Saying that the decision of the government comes despite the Supreme Court's verdict that had ended the possibility of another extension of the CA term, the second largest party in the CA termed the move as a mockery of “rule of law” and expressed serious reservation over the decision of the government.
During the meeting, NC party president Koirala had said that the decision to seek three month term extension of the CA would undermine the authority of the Supreme Court (SC) as well as damage the credibility as well as legitimacy of CA at the same time while other party leaders participating in the meeting stressed on the need to remain steadfast on the party stance for promulgation of the new constitution within the stipulated deadline at any cost and not complicate the political situation by extending CA’s term. If need be, some participants of the meeting said, the party should not even hesitate to pull out of the government.
The meeting also decided to call the party’s emergency central committee meet at 4 pm in the evening to formalise the party’s informal decision against government seeking three-month term extension of CA.
On Tuesday, the cabinet decided to extend the CA term by three more months after concluding that it was not possible to promulgate new constitution by May 27 deadline given the ongoing debate on federalism.
It must be noted that CPN (UML), which is the third largest party in the CA, has also opposed government’s decision to seek three-month term extension of CA.
Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to reject the government’s decision to register constitution amendment bill in the parliament to pave way for three month extension of Constituent Assembly (CA)’s term.
An informal meeting of senior NC leaders and office bearers held at party president Sushil Koirala’s residence this morning took a decision to this effect after remaining adamant on their previous stance for promulgation of the constitution within the May 27 deadline.
Saying that the decision of the government comes despite the Supreme Court's verdict that had ended the possibility of another extension of the CA term, the second largest party in the CA termed the move as a mockery of “rule of law” and expressed serious reservation over the decision of the government.
During the meeting, NC party president Koirala had said that the decision to seek three month term extension of the CA would undermine the authority of the Supreme Court (SC) as well as damage the credibility as well as legitimacy of CA at the same time while other party leaders participating in the meeting stressed on the need to remain steadfast on the party stance for promulgation of the new constitution within the stipulated deadline at any cost and not complicate the political situation by extending CA’s term. If need be, some participants of the meeting said, the party should not even hesitate to pull out of the government.
The meeting also decided to call the party’s emergency central committee meet at 4 pm in the evening to formalise the party’s informal decision against government seeking three-month term extension of CA.
On Tuesday, the cabinet decided to extend the CA term by three more months after concluding that it was not possible to promulgate new constitution by May 27 deadline given the ongoing debate on federalism.
It must be noted that CPN (UML), which is the third largest party in the CA, has also opposed government’s decision to seek three-month term extension of CA.
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