Interim constitution will be issued within a week: Sitaula
Home Minister and government's talks convenor Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Saturday said the interim constitution would be issued within a week.
Speaking at a programme in the capital, Situala said promulgation of
the interim constitution was delayed as the United Nations monitoring
team could not arrive here on the prescheduled time.
Since the arms management is set to start very soon the interim
statute will be issued within a week, he said. Saying that interim
constitution is necessary to step up preparations for constituent
assembly election, the Home Minister expressed confidence that the
polls would be held in the scheduled time, mid-June.
Situala's statement came a day after Maoist supremo Prachanda, who was
in Dolakha, warned that the Maoists would launch a massive agitation
if the interim constitution, which was finalised on December 16, is
not issued by the end of Poush (mid-January).
Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel also said yesterday that
the Election Commission had been facing difficulties in making smooth
preparations for the CA polls in the absence of interim constitution.
nepalnews.com mk Jan 06 07
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