President tells Katawal to stay in position
President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has written to the army headquarters instructing Rookmangud Katawal to stay in position, despite sack orders from the government.
The President intervened in the issue following a memorandum submitted by 18 political parties including Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML).
President Yadav sent a letter at 10.30 pm Sunday to the army headquarters asking Katawal to continue in his position as Chief of Army Staff. The president gave such orders in capacity of commander-in-chief of the Nepali Army.
A copy of the letter was sent to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. However, the PM reportedly refused to accept the letter.
PM Dahal has dubbed the President’s intervention as unconstitutional.
An emergency meeting of the army generals was called Sunday night after receiving the letter.
Earlier, an all party meeting held at UML headquarter, Balkhu decided to urge the President to protect the constitution by intervening in the government decision to sack CoAS Katawal. nepalnews.com May 04 09
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