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Prime Minister Meeting With Members Of NBA
By KTM Metro Reporter
February 23, 2013: Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai yesterday invited members of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) to his office and urged them to support a government led by serving Chief Justice for holding elections to a new CA in June; however, NBA members did not agree on the prime minister’s request and they stuck to their stand on not forming a government under the serving Chief Justice. NBA members said that the best alternative was to form a consensus government.
The prime minister tried to convince the members of NBA of the need for a new government led by the Chief Justice, as the political parties have failed in finding out a consensus candidate for a new government; the political parties have agreed on a new government led by the Chef Justice just for the elections; so, it would not go against the constitution. However, members of the NBA disagreed with the prime minister on this matter and rejected the formation of a new government under the serving Chief Justice, according to ‘gorkhapatra’ news of today.
Senior leaders of UCPN-Maoist, UDMF, NC, and CPN-UML also were present at the meeting. Number of leaders for and against the formation of a new government led by the Chief Justice remains almost the same. Majority of NC and CPN-UML leaders have been against it but the top leaders of these two parties have bulldozed the majority opinions to build up their own opinions on forming a new government under the Chief Justice.
Talking to reporters in Gorkha yesterday‚ President of NC Sushil Koirala admitted that the four major political forces had agreed on forming an election government under the pressure put by the international community and President Ram Baran Yadav. Koirala said‚ “Four major political forces agreed to form an election government as the President suggested for CJ-led government to give a way out to the country. Besides‚ there is immense international pressure for such a government.” NC President Koirala revealed that ambassadors of the European Union to Nepal had threatened to divert aid coming to Nepal to Africa and Latin America if the parties did not go to the polls under a CJ-led government. He further said Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi was delaying to accept the reins of the executive due to opposition from some parties. “The government formation process is delayed as Chief Justice is failing to take decision promptly‚” he added, according to HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE of yesterday.
Ambassadors of some European countries met with the CPN-Maoist leaders yesterday, and suggested them not to boycott the proposed Constituent Assembly elections. Ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and Finland went to the CPN-Maoist central office at Buddhanagar in Kathmandu, and expressed their concern over statements of party leaders that they would boycott the upcoming elections. According to spokesperson for CPN-Maoist Pampha Bhusal, the ambassadors suggested that the party take part in the polls. She said that the party was firm in its stance that the current deadlock should be resolved through a round-table conference and assured the ambassadors that the party would not take up arms again, according to Nepalnews.com.
