At an interaction on ´Current Political Crisis and Its Outlet,´ organized by the Media International in the capital on Tuesday, the small party leaders claimed that it would be against separation of powers to elevate Chief Justice to the Prime Ministerial post.
Suresh Alemagar of the CPN-Maoist said his party would not accept the decision made only by the UCPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Madhesi Front. An all-party roundtable conference would be the best alternative to seek political outlet in the country, he argued.
Similarly, Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Upendra Yadav said concentration of judiciary and executive powers in a single person would be against the independence of the judiciary.
It was irrational to believe that Nepal would have election under the leadership of the Chief Justice and it would bring constitution, he said, adding it was unconstitutional to form government under the leadership of the Chief Justice.
Chairman of the Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC said handing over the prime ministerial post to the Chief Justice would give a message that political parties were failure. So, the prime ministerial candidate must be sought from within the political parties, he argued.
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