"The new date of the meeting will be fixed after there is consensus on election government among the four major parties [UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and United Democratic Federation Madhesi Front (UDMF)]," said Agni Prasad Sapkota, spokesman of the party. [break]He said the party postponed the meeting as the party leaders are busy in inter-party talks.
Earlier, the meeting had been called for February second week and then it was postponed to March 3.
The general convention has decided to form a 151-member central committee. As only 98 are elected, 53 members will be nominated.
According to Maoist insiders, there is no possibility of the first meeting giving full shape to the central committee as the differences among the three factions led by Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Vice-chairmen Baburam Bhattarai and Narayan Kaji Shrestha over power-sharing in the party have yet to be resolved.
The posts of the secretaries are vacant as the former secretary Post Bahadur Bogati has been promoted to general secretary by the general convention and the other secretary C P Gajurel defected to the CPN-Maoist.
The UCPN (Maoist) party´s statute has not fixed the number of the vice-chairmen and secretaries saying that the numbers can be determined as needed.
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