‘Poudel NC candidate for unity govt’
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KATHMANDU, DEC 05 -
Nepali Congress General Secretary Prakash Man Singh has said Ram Chandra Poudel is the party’s legitimate prime ministerial candidate if the political parties agree to form a national consensus government under the NC.
“For the time being, there is no alternative to fielding Parliamentary Party Leader Poudel as the prime ministerial candidate if the NC gets an opportunity to lead a consensus government,” Singh, who is close to Party President Sushil Koirala, said. “We won’t support a Maoist-led consensus government unless the peace process reaches an irreversible point.”
With talks on consensus government commencing, the NC leadership finds itself in a difficult position as the party is tackling a factional fight. Coincidentally, as negotiations for forging a government have begun, NC senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was the party’s official candidate for consensus government earlier, is outside Kathmandu on a week-long visit of far-western districts. His decision to go on the visit is said to have followed a failed negotiation bid for ending intra-party disputes.
Sources close to the establishment faction said the party envisions two stages of NC-led government over the next one year. The first one, on which the parties have started discussions, would be in place till the promulgation of the constitution and the second one would be formed under the new constitution and end with the handing over of powers to an elected government. NC leaders said Party President Koirala could lead the government during a general election to be held after enforcing the constitution, and not now.
Posted on: 2011-12-05 08:30
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