Preparing For The Elections In November
By KTM Metro Reporter
May 30, 2012: speaking to the former lawmakers belonging to the UCPN-Maoist at the Kotesvor party office in Kathmandu yesterday, Chairman of UCPN-Maoist Prachanda urged the former lawmakers to go to the people without any fear stating they did their best to complete the writing of a new constitution but they could not compromise the people’s rights particularly of the oppressed people with the regressive forces that caused the failure in completing the writing of a new constitution, ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today writes.
In a letter to the Office of Prime Ministers and Council of Ministers, Secretary to the Election Commission Shankar Prasad Koirala has said that the Election Commission is well prepared for holding the fresh CA elections on November 22 this year in a free and fair manner.
The CPN-UML standing committee meeting held yesterday concluded that the fresh elections for a new Constituent Assembly should be held resolving legal disputes over it, ‘The Rising Nepal’ of today writes.
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai have consulted with Attorney General Mukti Pradhan, and former Attorney Generals including Sarbagya Ratna Tuladhar, Krishna Ram Shrestha, Yuva Raj Sangraula and Badri Bahadur Karki about the constitutional provision for the fresh election after the end of the Constituent Assembly according to the news on Nepalnews.com
In a meeting with the leaders held at his residence in Maharajgunj, President of NC Sushil Koirala today has instructed party leaders to get prepared for next elections, and urged them to go to their respective village and explain to the people about the party policy in preparation for the elections, as the consolidation of the party at the grassroots level is of utmost importance for the elections according to the nepalnews.com.
Speaking at an interaction held in Kathmandu today, leaders of different political parties have said that there was no alternative to new elections forming a national consensus government of all parties after the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (CA) according to the state news agency RSS.
In Kathmandu today, Indigenous Nationalities United Struggle Committee has expressed its commitment to unite and transform all ethnic groups into a single national political force in preparation for the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections to be held on November 22, 2012, as the four-year-long term of the recently dissolved CA has failed to promulgate a new constitution with the federalism on the basis of ethnicity, ‘The Himalayan Times’ of today quotes RSS.
NC and CPN-UML leaders have put the students and the cadres affiliated to their parties on the streets demanding to form a national consensus government for holding elections. This has been the old disease inflicting on the NC and CPN-UML leaders, as they want to be in power even though they have not the people’s mandate for it.