CA Chairman Subas Nembang held a meeting with the chief whips of the three main political parties -- Post Bahadur Bogati of Unified CPN (Maoist), Laxman Ghimire of Nepali Congress and Bhim Acharya of CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) -- on Monday to discuss the matter.
"We have agreed to expedite CC business through an alternative arrangement until the CC chairperson is elected. The oldest person on the committee will chair its meetings so that its activities can resume," CPN-UML Chief Whip Bhim Acharya told myrepublica.com.
The CA secretariat has scheduled the election for CC chairperson on August 28. Work at the crucial CC has been halted for over two months as the post of chairperson remains vacant ever since then chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal got elected prime minister in May.
At the meeting, the chief whips also discussed the proposal of the Parliamentary Hearings Committee to amend the regulations regarding hearings on ambassadorial nominees. Under the existing system, any nominee for an ambassadorial post can be approved in the hearings process if just a single lawmaker votes in favor of the nominee.
"We have agreed to forward the proposal on amendment to parliament," Acharya said.
They also decided to form a subcommittee in the CC to expedite its business.
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