MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Kathmandu, May 28: Minister for Information and Communications Shankar Pokharel has expressed the view that the responsible political parties would be successful in extending the term of the Constituent Assembly as there is the legal and constitutional compulsion in extending the CA term.
He said he is confident that the term of the Constituent Assembly would be extended as the talks are moving in the positive direction.
Stating unity among the parties is compulsory for guaranteeing peace and constitution, he said a conducive environment would be created for taking the peace process and the constitution-writing to conclusion with the constitution of a national coalition government as soon as the ongoing dialogue process is concluded.
In reply to a query, Minister Pokharel said there is no question of the prime minister resigning with the government registering a bill in the Parliament for extending the term of the Constituent Assembly.
He said the prime minister’s resignation would be possible only after fulfilling the necessary procedures.
The Minister for Information and Communications expressed the view that linking the prime minister’s resignation with extending the CA term will not be relevant.
Minister Pokharel who is also the secretary of the CPN-UML said it would not be in the interest of the people and the country as well as the parties to create political confusion and instability in the country by linking the topic of prime minister’s resignation with extending the term of the constitution.
He expressed confidence that the political parties that were successful in bringing the political change would also be successful in political management by extending the term of the Constituent Assembly. RSS