CA meeting again delayed

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 28 May: The CA meeting has been delayed for the second time in four hours.
The first was at 11 in the morning was rescheduled fore three in the afternoon even without meeting; there are no signs when the meeting to declare a republic will start.
The meetings have been delayed after failure of seven parties to define the powers of a ceremonial president demanded by Congress and CPN-UML.
After losing elections to Maoists, the largest party in the CA, Congress and CPN-UML are trying to curtail the powers of the prime minister and shift some to the president which Girija Prasad Koirala is trying to become.
But Fourm and Maoists are opposed to Koirala as a ceremonial president.
Only seven parties are involved in discussions without the involvement of three parties from the tarai just elected in the CA vote.



Differences have persisted since Tuesday.
Maoists have agreed only to a declaration of a republic by the CA.
Maoists aren’t agreeing to the definition of the powers of a ceremonial president demanded by Congress and CPN-UML after the declaration of a republic.
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Curfew slapped on Dhangadi

Kathmandu, 28 May: Dhangadi in under indefinite curfew after three persons were killed Wednesday died in a police firing and six others were injured.
The town was tense since this week after Maoists battered a journalist.
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