The top leaders were scheduled to give final touch to the CMP draft prepared by a task force comprising representatives of CPN-UML, NC, MPRF and TMDP on Monday and present it before 22-party meeting for necessary discussion. [break]
Raghuji Panta, PM Madhav Kumar Nepal´s political advisor, said they have called a meeting of the task force on Tuesday morning at Singh Durbar to finalize CMP. “We will then forward the CMP to a meeting of 22 parties scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon,” he said.
Party leaders said allocation of portfolios to each coalition partner including the fringe parties will be decided only after the CMP is finalized.
Sources said senior leaders of two key coalition partners -- UML and NC -- are scheduled to meet to strike a deal on portfolio allocation. They will then sit for negotiation with MPRF and TMDP and other fringe parties.
Senior MPRF leader Upendra Jha said the party´s political committee meeting will finalize the names of party leaders to represent the party in the government after the CMP is finalized. “It will not take long to finalize the names once the deal on allocation of portfolios is struck,” Jha said.
While the NC has staked claim for one more ministerial portfolio than the UML, the MPRF has made a claim for six ministries. The major parties have agreed in principle to give one ministerial portfolio to each fringe party having 10 members in the Constituent Assembly.
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