A coalition of 22 political parties that have backed CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal´s candidacy for next prime minister, didn´t agree with the Maoist proposal to register ´commitment proposal´ at the parliament against President Dr Ram Baran Yadav´s move.
- Maoists want consensus from all political parties for their commitment proposal
- Coalition of 22 parties term the Maoist´s proposal as unconstitutional
The parties maintained that they can´t agree with the Maoist proposal, which they argued is against the spirit of the interim constitution and parliamentary regulations.
"Since the Supreme Court is yet to give its verdict on the president´s move, it can´t be an agenda for discussion in the parliament," said Nepali Congress leader Dr Minendra Rijal, adding, "It is also against the spirit of the parliamentary regulations."
Asked whether or not it is the right of a parliamentary party to register its ´commitment proposal´ in the parliament, Dr Rijal argued that the Maoists are seeking consent from all other political parties for something unconstitutional.
"How can we agree with the Maoists´ unconstitutional proposal," he said.
He charged that the Maoists are trying to involve other political parties in their ´conspiracy´ against the constitution.
UML leader Nepal called on Prime Minister and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Tuesday afternoon and urged the latter to let the House proceedings to resume.
Dahal, however, rejected Nepal´s proposal and said the House obstruction would continue until ´civilian supremacy´ is restored.
A separate meeting between the Maoists and the NC Tuesday afternoon also failed to break the deadlock in the parliament.
"The parties must agree with our proposal to register a commitment proposal at the parliament to resolve the deadlock," said Maoist Spokesperson Dinanath Sharma.
Asked why the Maoists don´t register the commitment proposal at the parliament while a parliamentary party doesn´t need political consensus for registering such proposals, Sharma said, "The Maoists want to register this particular proposal with consent from all political parties."
He said the parties can maintain their position once the issue enters the parliament for formal discussion. “We will vote in favor of the proposal while other parties are free to exercise their own rights,” said Sharma.
He said the Maoists are ready to discuss with other political parties other alternatives to ensure civilian supremacy. "We are asking the parties to ensure us that their government will restore civilian supremacy," he said, adding, "We are not in favor of obstructing the parliament."
As all efforts to persuade the Maoists into ending the House disruption failed, a meeting of the coalition of 22 parties Tuesday afternoon decided to appeal to Speaker Subas Nembang to take initiative for establishing parliamentary supremacy.
The meeting concluded that the Speaker should exercise his authority to smoothly run the parliament.
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