Interim statute draft ready

The Interim Constitution Draft Committee has prepared the final draft of the interim constitution in Dhulikhel.Members of the committee and staff of the Peace Secretariat stayed in the Dhulikhel Lodge Resort for four days from Thursday to Sunday to prepare the draft of the constitution.

The members and staff left for Kathmandu Sunday to discuss the legislature and the executive of the interim constitution.Coordinator of the committee and former justice Laxman Prasad Aryal said that the final draft was prepared on the basis of the suggestions and recommendations furnished by the political parties.The officials also said that the final draft of the interim constitution would be handed over to the talks teams of the government and the Maoists by Wednesday.

Aryal said the decision on the legislature and the executive could not be taken as the political parties had differing opinions and stuck to their stances. But, he said the final draft would be prepared only after the consent about the draft is taken from both the government and the Maoist.

The talks teams had extended the deadline of submitting the interim constitution by a week after the committee could not prepare the draft because of delay by the political parties to submit their suggestions.