Three parties make their CMP public, cabinet to be formed on Friday

The top leaders of three parties – Maoists, UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) – have finalized the Common Minimum Programme (CMP), which they unveiled Thursday evening.

"We have prepared four bases for the new national coalition government. We have finalized the CMP, code of conduct for ministers, norms and methods of operation of government and formation of political coordination committee," Jhal Nath Khanal, general secretary of UML, told journalists.

"The cabinet portfolio allocation is also being finalized. We will possibly form the cabinet on Friday," he said.

The top leaders of the three parties had signed the four documents on Thursday evening at the office of the parliamentary party of Maoists at Singhdurbar.

Till now, the Maoists and UML have reached understanding on the cabinet division. Maoists will bag Finance, Defense, Information and Communication and Law, Justice among others. The UML will have Home, Water Resources, Local Development, Youth and Sports and Forest.

They have set aside Foreign Affairs, Works and Transport, Agriculture and one more ministry for MJF. nepalnews.com sd Aug 21 08

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