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Nepal parties fail to form new government by Sat. deadline
KATHMANDU, May 9 Kyodo -
Nepal's political parties failed to cobble together a coalition to replace a
caretaker government as the deadline given by the country's president for
forming a new government expired Saturday.
President Ram Baran Yadav on Tuesday had requested the parties to form a new
government by Saturday in the wake of Prime Minister Prachanda's resignation
Monday following the collapse of his coalition government over his unilateral
decision to sack army chief Gen. Rookmangud Katawal.
By Saturday, the parties were still in consultation to negotiate a new government.
A majority of the parties, including the main opposition Nepali Congress, are
in favor of forming a government under the leadership of the Communist Party of
Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the country's third-largest party.
But the largest party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which is
chaired by Prachanda, who is serving as caretaker prime minister, has said it
would be uninterested in an exercise to form a new government until the
president's decision to reverse Prachanda's decision to sack the army chief is
nullified.
With 238 lawmakers, the Maoist former rebels have a dominant presence in the
601-member parliament, and a government without their participation is
difficult.
After the expiry of the deadline, Yadav is expected to ask the parliament to
elect a new prime minister who will then form a cabinet. If that also fails to
happen, the president will ask the parties to form a minority government,
according to Nepal's interim constitution.
==Kyodo
Nepal's political parties failed to cobble together a coalition to replace a
caretaker government as the deadline given by the country's president for
forming a new government expired Saturday.
President Ram Baran Yadav on Tuesday had requested the parties to form a new
government by Saturday in the wake of Prime Minister Prachanda's resignation
Monday following the collapse of his coalition government over his unilateral
decision to sack army chief Gen. Rookmangud Katawal.
By Saturday, the parties were still in consultation to negotiate a new government.
A majority of the parties, including the main opposition Nepali Congress, are
in favor of forming a government under the leadership of the Communist Party of
Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the country's third-largest party.
But the largest party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which is
chaired by Prachanda, who is serving as caretaker prime minister, has said it
would be uninterested in an exercise to form a new government until the
president's decision to reverse Prachanda's decision to sack the army chief is
nullified.
With 238 lawmakers, the Maoist former rebels have a dominant presence in the
601-member parliament, and a government without their participation is
difficult.
After the expiry of the deadline, Yadav is expected to ask the parliament to
elect a new prime minister who will then form a cabinet. If that also fails to
happen, the president will ask the parties to form a minority government,
according to Nepal's interim constitution.
==Kyodo