Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal inaugurated the jamboree amidst a function which was attended by Speaker Subas Nembang, senior political leaders from various political parties at the Academy Hall in Kathmandu. [break]
Over 1,300 representatives from across the country have gathered at the Academy Hall where voting for central executive body of the journalists´ umbrella organization for a three-year term is going to start Wednesday morning.
Chairman, vice-chairman, general secretary, treasurer, secretary and members under various quotas including women, dalits, janajatis and madhesis will be elected for FNJ central body during the election. Also, members will be elected under the quota of associate members and corporate houses.
Shiva Gaunle, Poshan KC and Kedar Koirala, among others, are vying for the post of chairman and Ramesh Bista and Yashoda Timsina are vice-presidential candidates.
Similarly, Ramji Dahal and Om Sharma are contending for the post of general secretary and Jagat Nepal, Chandraman Shrestha and Ramprasad Dahal, among others, are contesting for the post of secretary. Ujir Magar, Shital Shah and Brijkumar Yadav are candidates for the post of treasurer.
While most of the candidates are backed by major political parties-- UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML -- some are independent contestants.
CA will not be dissolved until statute is promulgated: PM
Inaugurating the event, the prime minister said that the Constituent Assembly (CA) term will be extended for as long as the task of constitution drafting does not complete.
“If we study past international cases we find that they had not fixed the term of the CA or any other constitution drafting body but we did. Therefore, we are facing time constraints,” argued the prime minister. He was of the view that the international experience showed it took at least four to five years to draft a new constitution from a CA.
The prime minister also claimed that the intra-party feuds have hindered the constitution making process.
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