House Proclamation on Thursday
The expected decision could not be taken after the SPA leaders were divided over some of its key points including the possession of the Supreme-Commander-in-Chief post of the Royal Nepalese Army, sources said.The transport in the area and around the ring road has been affected by the tyres burnt on the road.
The protestors shouted slogans demanding that the HoR proclamation giving the parliament all the political power soon and bring the military under the parliament.
People also shouted slogans NC –D President Sher Bahadur Deuba for his supposed stand against scraping of the King from the post of "Commander in Chief" of the Army.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula Speaking at a press conference at his office at Singha Durbar said Tuesday that the government would present the much awaited House Proclamation 2063, at Thursday's sitting of the House of Representatives (HoR).
The government statement comes after scores of angry activists torched government-owned vehicles protesting the delay in presenting the proclamation, which curtails the power of the king.
"It has been delayed for two days due to the tradition of approving the decision by the Council of Ministers," said Sitaula.
Claiming that the proclamation would address the people's sentiments and aspirations of the pro-democracy movement and establish the people as sovereign and the source of state authority, Minister Sitaula appealed to the general public not to do "anything that would allow anarchists and anti-democratic elements to take advantage."
"We are in a transition phase. There is a possibility of anarchists taking advantage of such a situation," the home minister said, "At this hour, we should work united to protect the system."
He added that the proclamation would bring the army under the full control of parliament.
The Minister also said that the cabinet would be expanded "soon."
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