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Initiating Process For Appointing Chiefs And Members Of Constitutional Bodies
By KTM Metro Reporter
December 7, 2011: on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council (CC) the president used to appoint the members and chiefs of the constitutional bodies. Now, it has started off the process for recomending them through an open public competition.
The CC has received altogether 458 applications for the vacant posts in four constitutional bodies such as Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Election Commission, Public Service Commission and the office of Auditor General. The CC has received 177 applications for the position of the chief of CIAA, 126 for the chief of Election Commission, 131 for the chief of Public Service Commission and 24 for the position of the Auditor General according to the Nepalnews.com.
The CC chaired by the prime minister used to recommend the persons favoring the party in power. Consequently, none of the coalition government has been able to recommend anybody to the vacant positions of the chiefs of the four constitutional bodies, as the political parties in power could not build a consensus on recommending the chiefs to the constitutional bodies.
After Dr. Baburam Bhattarai became the prime minister, the CC has started off the process for recommending the most eligible persons to the constitutional bodies through an open competition selecting them based on the selection criteria set by it. We hope that the process for appointing the chiefs to the constitutional bodies will work.
