Khabar Bitra ko Khabar | February 20th 2014
The CPN- UML has reiterated that it will not join a Nepali Congress-led government unless the ruling party proposes a dignified power-sharing model.
The response from the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and would-be partner of the Congress government comes following frequent requests from Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to join the government in order to deliver the constitution within a year.
The CPN- UML has reiterated that it will not join a Nepali Congress-led government unless the ruling party proposes a dignified power-sharing model.
The response from the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and would-be partner of the Congress government comes following frequent requests from Prime Minister Sushil Koirala to join the government in order to deliver the constitution within a year.
“We do not want to join the government as the helper of Congress. If the NC thinks of us like that we won't join the government,” said UML General Secretary Ishwor Pokharel.
Pokharel has demanded the NC offer the UML the Home Ministry portfolio without further delay. He claimed the NC agreed to allocate the Home Ministry portfolio to the UML before Koirala was elected PM, though Congress betrayed them by failing to honour the 'gentleman's understanding'.
The UML has also attacked the Congress's argument that the prime ministerial system will be weakened if key ministerial portfolios were not allocated to the PM's party. “The PM himself chairs the Cabinet and he has the authority to decide each issue. Instead, the government will be weak if it does not treat coalition partners appropriately,” said Pokharel.
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