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Finally Chief Justice Said “Yes” To Head A New Government
By KTM Metro Reporter
February 25, 2013: in a statement, Assistant Spokeman for the Supreme Court of Nepal Hemanta Rawal has said that Chief Justice Khila Raj Regmi was ready to accept the offer made by the major political parties to preside over a new government to break the current political and constitutional deadlock in the country.
The Chief Justice had been reluctant to accept the office of the prime minister with the responsibility to hold elections to a new CA, as majority of the Central Working Committee members of the NC, and some senior leaders of the CPN-UML had been against the government presided over by the serving Chief Justice.
In addition, some political parties such as CPN-Maoist and its small allies also had been against the government headed by the Chief Justice. They had announced that they would take the issue to the streets. They also threatened to boycott the elections held by such a prime minister.
Members of the diplomatic missions in Kathmandu had gone to meet with the CPN-Maoist leaders and urged them not to boycott the elections to a new CA. However, spokeswoman for the CPN-Maoist said that her party would not accept the government headed by the Chief justice at any cost; the alternative was a round-table meeting of all political parties.
However, the four major political parties such as UCPN-Maoist, UDMF, NC and CPN-UML had been happy to see that the Chief Justice ultimately agreed on leading a new government to hold elections to a new CA.
A concrete decision on forming an election mechanism under the leadership of Chief Justice Khila Raj Regmi could be taken only after a Supreme Court verdict on the writ filed against the proposal for the formation of a new government led by the Chief Justice, NC leaders said, according to nepalnews.com.
