Nepali gov't preparing to table proposal to extend CA term

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KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Nepali government is preparing to unilaterally table a proposal to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly (CA) even if the main opposition Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) does not agree to it.

Sources at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers was quoted by Tuesday's nepalnews.com as saying, the government will table a proposal to extend the CA's term if a consensus is not forged within May 17. The CA's term will end on May 28.

The duration of the extension has not been determined. The government will propose for an extension for either six months or one year. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's party the Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) has suggested the government to take the proposal for an extension of one year.

The UCPN-M has said, it will not cooperate with the government to extend the CA's term if the present government does not step down.

The proposal cannot be passed if the UCPN-M do not support it. The Interim Constitution needs to amended to extend the CA's term. A two-thirds majority is required to amend the constitution and a two-thirds majority is not possible without the support of the UCPN-M.

Editor: Xiong Tong

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