Top leaders of the seven-party alliance and the CPN-Maoist on monday decided to promulgate the “Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2063 B.S” on January 15 and also to ratify it by the interim legislature-parliament on the same day.
The leaders took this decision at a high-level meeting of the eight political parties held at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar.According to the November 8 agreement, the interim constitution was scheduled to come into force on November 26.
But the leaders could manage to ink the interim constitution only on December 16.A joint press statement issued by the alliance and the Maoist leaders has also appealed to all the political parties, civil society and the people to contribute their level best to hold the constituent assembly election in June in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
The leaders have also called for moving ahead and reaching an all-party consensus at the district level for the purpose of collecting voters’ list, distributing citizenship certificates and maintaining law and order in society.“For this purpose, we express our commitment to extend necessary co-operation to send VDC secretaries to villages and re-establish police posts,” said the joint statement issued at the end of the meeting.
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