The central committee meeting of the one of the constituents of the ruling seven party alliance, CPN-UML, has concluded that a referendum should be held to decide the fate of the monarchy.
The political report of party general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal endorsed by the central committee said elections to the constituent assembly should be held within mid-May 2007 and provision should be made for a referendum to resolve the issue of monarchy along with the constituent assembly elections.
The report also stressed the need to forge a front of political parties, which will go for a “democratic republican order as a matter of ideology.”
“We have taken a decision under which we will try to evolve a front. The only precondition is that the parties should be inclined towards a democratic republican order,” Nepal told reporters after the marathon meeting which is yet to come to an end.
Nepal came down heavily on the government for pushing the Royal Succession Act and said, “This suggests that the government is in a mood to retain monarchy in a ceremonial form.”
He further said that the government is working at a snail’s pace and that there was a need to announce a date for elections to a constituent assembly and settle the debate surrounding monarchy through a referendum.
Likewise, the report also mentions about conducting a nationwide campaign for democratic republicanism, and the formation of an alliance of political forces that favour a democratic republic.
The meeting will now concentrate on the issues of Party’s position on issues like restructuring of the state, the proposed interim government, interim parliament and the election to constituent assembly
The political report of party general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal endorsed by the central committee said elections to the constituent assembly should be held within mid-May 2007 and provision should be made for a referendum to resolve the issue of monarchy along with the constituent assembly elections.
The report also stressed the need to forge a front of political parties, which will go for a “democratic republican order as a matter of ideology.”
“We have taken a decision under which we will try to evolve a front. The only precondition is that the parties should be inclined towards a democratic republican order,” Nepal told reporters after the marathon meeting which is yet to come to an end.
Nepal came down heavily on the government for pushing the Royal Succession Act and said, “This suggests that the government is in a mood to retain monarchy in a ceremonial form.”
He further said that the government is working at a snail’s pace and that there was a need to announce a date for elections to a constituent assembly and settle the debate surrounding monarchy through a referendum.
Likewise, the report also mentions about conducting a nationwide campaign for democratic republicanism, and the formation of an alliance of political forces that favour a democratic republic.
The meeting will now concentrate on the issues of Party’s position on issues like restructuring of the state, the proposed interim government, interim parliament and the election to constituent assembly
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