Don't call strikes during opinion collection: Nembang

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subas Nembang has urged civil society and the political parties to help create a strike-free environment during the process of gathering opinion for writing the new constitution.



At a joint meeting of political parties and civil society at the CA secretariat in Kathmandu, Nembang said the CA members have started fanning out to the villages for opinion collection under a tight schedule and any strikes and bandas would disturb their mission. “I urge the parties and civil society to actively involve their cadres and motivate the people to make the opinion collection process a success,” he said.



Nembang said eight teams out of 40 left the capital on Friday, 18 left on Saturday and others are leaving on Sunday. “The task of opinion collection has become challenging as well as time-consuming and expensive,” he said. “But we have already chosen this process to establish people’s ownership of the new constitution.”



Earlier, speaking at a program organized by Nepal Press Institute to wind up a training for trainers in parliamentary reporting, Nembang suggested to journalists to act as a watchdog to ensure transparency in the spending but not spread any negative message about the entire constitution-making process.

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