The Unified Socialist chose to join the Congress-Maoist alliance even as the CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli had told Nepal that the party was ready to field him as its presidential candidate.Ĭongress vice-president Purna Bahadur Khadka said he was unaware of the power-sharing agreement among the three leaders. Unified Socialist leaders claim the party leadership had backed away from its claim for presidency only after the Congress and the Maoist Centre assured that leader Nepal would become prime minister for over a year. “But when a prime minister voluntarily steps down, the President will call the parties to form a new government in accordance with Article 76(2).” According to him, in such a scenario, the process under Article 76(2) can be repeated. “The process of prime ministerial election attracts Article 76 (3) only if the prime minister is unseated after failing to get a trust vote in Parliament,” Pokharel told the Post. Dahal’s government was formed in accordance with Article 76 (2).īut senior advocate Sunil Pokharel said there would be no such constitutional confusion when the incumbent prime minister resigns. However, some reckon a constitutional dilemma may prevent Dahal from handing over the helm to Nepal as there are concerns that when Dahal resigns, the prime ministership will automatically go to the largest party as per Article 76 (3) of the constitution. However, Deputy General Secretary of Unified Socialist Vijay Poudel said the three leaders already had a written power-sharing agreement.Īccording to Poudel as well, his party chair Nepal will lead the government for a year and a half after Dahal. “I don’t think a written agreement will be needed.” “Though the three major parties of the revived coalition have a tacit understanding to lead the country for certain durations-two years for Dahal, and a year and a half each for Nepal and Deuba-the three leaders will soon finalise the deal while settling other power-sharing issues,” said Ghanashyam Bhusal, a leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist) who was present at the latest negotiations among the parties. As per this agreement, the Unified Socialist chair Nepal gets only a year as prime minister.īut Unified Socialist leaders claimed their party chair will get to lead for a year and a half after Dahal, and they are confident Dahal will stay true to his word. Some Maoist Centre leaders said their party would lead for two-and-a-half years, the Unified Socialist for a year while the Congress would rule for the remaining a year and a half. With eight parties supporting Congress candidate Ram Chandra Paudel in the presidential race, they have also agreed to back Janata Samajbadi Party’s candidate for Vice President. However, leaders of other parties have their own claims and some said they were not authorised to reveal anything about the agreement among the three parties. Prime minister’s chief adviser Haribol Gajurel told the Post that the three leaders have agreed to govern by turns, but they are yet to come to a concrete understanding on which leader will lead the government for how long. The top leaders of the three parties-Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoist Centre, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and CPN (Unified Socialist) chair Madhav Kumar Nepal-have a tacit understanding to rotate the prime ministership between them, but party insiders have different interpretations on the duration their party will get to lead the government. After offering the post of President to the largest party in Parliament, the three parties-the Nepali Congress, the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the CPN (Unified Socialist)-are now looking to finalise a new power-sharing deal, including the exact durations individual leaders will become the prime minister for.Īs the three parties have decided to helm the government by turns, the ongoing five-year tenure of Parliament will see at least three governments, if their understanding holds until the next elections.
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