PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION WILL DELAY POLLS, SAYS UML LEADER
Madhav Kumar Nepal, the General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-UML) said that elections to the Constituent Assembly (CA) will be delayed for at least five years if the poll is switched to the proportional representation (PR) system of voting now. Nepal expressed optimism that the new date for the CA elections could be fixed soon “as the Maoists have already agreed to declare the country a republic through the first session of the elected Constituent Assembly.”
The elections were deferred for a second time earlier this month for an indefinite period after the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala-led Nepali Congress outright rejected the Maoist demands for declaration of a republic through the interim parliament and a PR system for the CA elections.
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