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NC Not For Cabinet Expansion But For A New Cabinet
By KTM Metro Reporter
July 26, 2011: in a meeting of three major political parties such as UCPN-Maoist, NC, and CPN-UML held at NC President Sushil Koirala’s residence at Maharajgunj yesterday, NC President Koirala and his colleagues have shown a distaste for the proposal of the UCPN-Maoist for expanding the current cabinet of Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal inducting a large number of the UCPN-Maoist into the cabinet.
UCPN-Maoist leaders have attempted to convince the leaders of the NC and CPN-UML of the expansion of the current cabinet would not hamper the formation of a new consensus government. In turn, NC leaders have told the UCPN-Maoist leaders that the time is for changing the prime minister not the ministers.
At the same time, Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has put on hold the oath taking ceremony for the ministers seconded by the UCPN-Maoist. Some UCPN-Maoist cadres have said either the prime minister needs to hold the oath-taking ceremony immediately or quit the office.
Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara has submitted his resignation to the Chairman of his party Prachanda, and returned the state vehicle he has been using as a Deputy Prime Minister setting the precedent for every minister to follow in the future.
NC leaders have started off making preparation for a new candidate for the office of prime minister. Following the policy of ‘one person, one post’, NC leaders have agreed on serving a notice to Parliamentary Party (PP) Leader Ram Chandra Poudel to quit the office voluntarily within a week otherwise face the no-confidence vote against him according to the news posted on nepalnews.com today.
Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba once labeled as the most incompetent prime minister is poised to hold the office of the PP leader. Deuba has already 70 lawmakers in his favor. If he holds the office of PP leader then he becomes eligible for taking the office of prime minister following the NC statute.
NC leaders have been saying that PP leader Poudel has failed in winning the office of prime minister after several rounds of elections to a prime minister in the immediate past. So, he is no more eligible for the office of prime minister; then, the change in the PP leader is required.
