All the Nepali political parties represented in the Constituent Assembly (CA) have decided to table a joint proposal Wednesday through the cabinet to implement a federal republic.
According to The Kathmandu Post, the parties, after parleys throughout Tuesday at different levels, endorsed a five-point proposal declaring Nepal an independent, indivisible, secular, inclusive, federal democratic country as of now.
The proposal was prepared by the Nepali Congress (NC), the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) and the Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML).
Following days of differences over the issue of future head of state, the CPN-Maoists have ultimately agreed to recognize the president as head of state but the powers and duties of the president have not yet been determined.
The parties have agreed to meet again Wednesday morning to settle the remaining issues.
The parties could not finalize the names of 26 members to be nominated by the cabinet. They have agreed to finalize the list before the Wednesday cabinet meeting.
The parties have decided that the CA meeting should ask the cabinet to prepare necessary constitutional and legal arrangements required for the institution of president.
They have agreed to declare through the meeting that all laws contradicting the declaration of republic will be scrapped.
The parties have decided to ask King Gyanendra to vacate Narayanhity Royal Palace within 15 days and agreed to develop the palace as a historical museum.
"The meeting has decided to let the council of ministers (cabinet) decide the issue of hoisting a national flag at the RoyalPalace following the declaration of republic," said CPN-UML senior leader Amrit Kumar Bohara, who attended Tuesday's all-party meeting.
Though several issues related to the president' s powers are yet to be decided, Bohara said the president, being a constitutional head, will remain head of the national army with the authority to declare a state of emergency.
They did not reach any decision on forming a new government. "We will take up the issue only after implementation of republic," CPN-Maoist leader Babu Ram Bhattarai said.
The moment the CA meeting passes the proposal through a simple majority, the country's 240-year-old institution of the crown will be abolished. With the approval of the proposal, Nepal's Shah dynasty that has reached the 11th generation since Nepal's founding king Prithvi Narayan Shah will lose all control over the people of Nepal.
As the oldest member in the CA, Nepali Congress General Secretary KB Gurung will announce the abolition of monarchy.
Source:Xinhua
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