Parallel Government If President Fires Prime Minister
By KTM Metro Reporter
July 18, 2012: Speaking at an interaction in Kathmandu today, Vice-chairman of newly set-up CPN-Maoist C.P Gajurel warned Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai of removing him from the office by a strong protest in collaboration with the NC and CPN-UML if he would not quit the office voluntarily, according to nepalnews.com
On July 12, 2012, speaking at an interaction at the Reporters Club in Kathmandu, Politburo Member of UCPN-Maoist Haribol Gajurel warned of a serious confrontation in the country if President Dr Ram Baran Yadav were to fire Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai, and of the Maoists running a parallel government, writes myrepublica.com.
Speaking at the same function, NC leader Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said the president should invite the parties to form a national consensus government, he wondered why the president had not done so far, and guessed that the president might have been waiting for July 22, to expire the last date for the government to build a consensus on amending election-related laws and constitutional provisions; if the amendments were not done by then, Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on November 22 would become impossible, writes myrepublica.com.