Nepal says party will decide on proposal to nominate him to head CC

The former general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that his party will have the final say on whether to honour the proposal to nominate him to head the Constitutional Committee (CC) in the Constituent Assembly (CA).

"This is an issue that has to be decided by the party. I cannot make comment at this juncture," Nepal told journalists when he was asked if he accepts the government's proposal to nominate him to head the CC – which will lead in the drafting process of new constitution.

Nepal had met with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda,' Wednesday morning. And he said that during the meeting the PM, indeed, made such proposal to him.

For Nepal to head the CC, he will first have to be elected or nominated to the CA as he is not currently a CA member.

PM held talks with Nepal on the day when main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), too, is slated to confer with the UML over the matter related with non implementation of past pacts by the Maoists.

The NC has formed a taskforce to initiate talks with all the political parties except the Maoists. nepalnews.com Dec 31 08