Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has been elected as the first prime minister of republic Nepal by securing majority votes on Friday's election.
Prachanda– supported by 20 parties in the constituent assembly – managed to bag 464 votes in his favour when the proposal to elect him as PM was put before Constituent Assembly (CA) members.
On the other hand, 113 CA members – the Nepali Congress members – voted against Prachanda.
According to CA chairman Subas Nemwang, 577 CA members took part in the election.
Following the election, Nemwang said that the CA session will now remain suspended till another decision.
Although the new prime minister has been elected, the three alliance partners – Maoists, UML and MJF – have not yet finalised the composition of cabinet and the Common Minimum Programme. Leaders have said they will hold talks in this regard on Saturday. nepalnews.com sd Aug 15 08
