Party President Sushil Koirala proposed to put off the meeting for three days to settle differences amicably. “There are no towering personalities in the party now. The party leadership has come upon second generation leaders. There is no alternative to moving by consensus,” a CWC member quoted Koirala as saying. [break]
“Let us endorse the regulations in consensus through debate and discussion, avoiding any kind of division,” the CWC member also quoted Koirala as saying.
While CWC members close to the establishment faction want to increase the president´s powers, those close to Sher Bahadur Deuba want to give the CWC more say in the formation of various departments and appointment of their chiefs.
A five-member committee headed by Arjun Narsingh KC had presented draft regulations for the party at the CWC meeting Thursday. Disputes then arose as CWC members Ananda Dhungana and Nabindra Raj Joshi wrote a note of dissent arguing that the regulations aim at curtailing the president´s powers.
Though Articles 22.5 and 37 of the party statute give the CWC powers to form the central departments of the party and nominate their coordinators and members, Article 24.8 gives this authority to the president. The NC has altogether 29 departments.
KC, who is coordinator of the Regulations Draft Committee, said the regulations seek a balance between the CWC and the president in the power to form and nominate coordinators and members of party central departments.
KC, on behalf of the committee, proposed that the party president first nominate a coordinator while forming the central departments. The coordinator will nominate other members in consultation with the president.
The proposal was criticized by CWC members deemed close to the party president as being an attempt to curtail the president´s powers.
CWC members Dr Ram Sharan Mahat, Arjun Narsingh KC, Gopal Raj Pahadi, Bal Krishna Khand, Deep Kumar Upadhyaya, Farmullah Mansur, Padam Narayan Chaudhary, Bhisma Raj Angdambe, Ram Kumar Chaudhary and Kamala Panta had put forth their views at Friday´s meeting. Ajaya Kumar Chaudhary, Dipak Giri, Dhana Raj Gurung, Mahendra Yadav, Ratna Sherchan, Gagan Kumar Thapa, Sujata Koirala, Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Ram Chandra Chaudhary, Laxmi Rai and Meena Subba also stated their views.
NC to protest varsity nominations
The CWC meeting Friday also slammed the nomination of university vice chancellors as reported by media.
According to CWC member Badri Pandey, the CWC meeting decided to protest any such ´unilateral´ decision by the government.
"The appointment of university office bearers was made in the past through consensus. We will protest such unilateral decisions," he said.
Likewise, the meeting reiterated that formation of the State Restructuring Commission (SRC) is a must for delienating federal states. The meeting decided not to agree to the proposal of other parties to form a committee of experts for delienating states.
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