CDC endorses first draft of statute; to be tabled in CA tomorrow

KATHMANDU, June 28: The Constitution Draft Committee (CDC) endorsed the first draft of the constitution prepared by its taskforce and agreed to present in the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting scheduled for tomorrow, 3 pm.

CDC Chairman Krishna Prasad Situal will table in the CA for deliberations.

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Four parties agree to finalize draft of statute today

The four major political parties have agreed to submit the first draft of the constitution to the Constituent Assembly (CA), after finalizing it today itself.

The parties agreed to submit a report including the common positions on the disputed issues to be settled in draft constitution.

A meeting of the senior leaders of the four major political parties was held at the Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar on Sunday to forge common understanding on the issues of citizenship, reappointment of the judges and secularism among others as the issues could not be agreed upon in the constitution drafting committee.

Following the meeting, CPN-UML senior leader Jhalanath Khanal said that agreement was likely on issuing the citizenship in the name of mother or father, continuing the secularism with religious freedom and ensuring 33 per cent women's compulsorily representation in every bodies of the state.

Similarly, Minister for Law Narahari Acharya shared that the senior leaders will resolve the any undecided disputed issues as per the spirit of the 16-point pact recently signed by four major political parties.

UCPN (Maoist) Vice-chair Narayan Kaji Shrestha said that the parties have agreed to finalize the draft by today itself. RSS