Miscellaneous
HLPC discusses matter summoning CA session
The High Level Political Committee (HLPC) held discussions on summoning the Constituent Assembly (CA) session on Saturday.
After a meeting of the committee held at the Peace Fund Secretariat in Babarmahal on Saturday, political party leaders said the discussions were centered on summoning the CA session.
However, today's meeting did not dwell on who will call the first CA meeting and on which date.
The Office of the President has reiterated, time and again, that the President should summon the CA session in his capacity as the head of the state, while the Prime Minister's Office reckons that the session should be called by the executive head.
Emerging from the meeting, Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel said the meeting was focused on the topic of summoning of the CA meeting after the Election Commission finalised its work to give almost full shape to the CA.
CPN-UML leader Raghuji Panta said that the meeting did not discuss who would summon the meeting. Since the matter who should summon the CA meeting is already sub judice in the Supreme Court (SC), it makes no sense to hold further discussions on the topic, he added.
With EC unveiling the final name list of candidates elected to the new CA under FPTP and PR system, political parties are divided in their views on who should summon the CA meeting. President Ram Baran Yadav has also started discussions about the matter with top leaders of major political parties.