SC DIRECTS GOVT. TO PROMULGATE BY 27 MAY UPDATE Kathmandu, May 24: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday issued an interim order against the government move to extend the Constituent Assembly (CA) tenure by three months and directed the government to promulgate the new constitution within the stipulated timeframe of May 27, RSS reports. A single bench of Chief Justice Khila Raj Regmi issued the verdict. ( Note: Writs had been registered at the court challenging a cabinet decision this week to extend the tenure by three months after 27 May.) Nnnn UDMD STICKS TO DEMAND FOR PROVINCE BAED ON IDENTITY Kathmandu, 24 May: A meeting of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) stressed on promulgating the new constitution based on identity by this Constituent Assembly (CA), RSS reports. The meeting held at Singha Durbar today decided that there was no alternative to promulgating the new constitution within May 27 by forging national consensus on the disputed issues seen in the constitution writing. After the meeting, General Secretary of the UDMF, Jitendra Dev stressed on resolving the disputed issues through the Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee and the Constitutional Committee in the remaining time of promulgation of the new constitution. Blaming that the CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress are in need of power than timely constitution, Dev said that it will be against the five-point agreement if the Prime minister tenders the resignation. UDMF is a loose coalition of five Madhes-centric parties. nnnn