Task force to hash out legal issues related to CJ-led govt

CHIRANJEEVI DHUNGANA
The task force will meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon
KATHMANDU: The major political forces have come to an understanding to let the eight-member task force to deal with the nitty-gritty of apparent legal and constitutional hurdles related to the proposed election government that the parties are mulling over to form under Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi.

The meeting of UCPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), held on Saturday at the secretariat of Special Committee for army intergration in New Baneshwor, also entrusted the four-party panel to recommend ways to resolve the legal and constitutional differences among the four parties.

The task force comprises of two members each from the four forces.

Emerging from the meeting informed that the task force, the leaders informed that the task force will meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon.

Talking to the media, UDMF Chairmain Bijay Kumar Gachhadar stated that the meeting of task force and senior officials at the Ministry of Law called for this afternoon will finalise the possible ways to overcome the legal and constitutional barriers in the formation of CJ-led government.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha told THT Online said that the parties do not differ on forming the election government now. "But there are legal and constitutional hitches, and they will be resolved by tomorrow,” he added.

Though the parties have, in principle, agreed to form the new government to hold the Constituent Assembly elections, they are yet to agree upon some thorny issues like the preparation of voters' list and distribution of new citizenship along with the formation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The task force is expected to prepare its report by tommorrow and brief the top leaders of the parties.