President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has told CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal that the left alliance should seek solution for the current political impasse as it secured majority in the election.
President Bhandari has also stressed on political consensus on the ordinance on election of the National Assembly that has stalled formation of the new government during the meeting with Dahal at the President's Office Thursday morning.
What Dahal exactly told President Bhandari has yet to be revealed but he has already stated that the National Assembly should also include Nepali Congress (NC). Dahal's secretariat has also stated that he has been mediating for consensus between NC and UML.
Dahal had also urged CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli to soon forge consensus on the ordinance.
Formation of the new government has been stalled as President Bhandari is sitting on the ordinance for over two months with the parties divided on whether the election for National Assembly should be held in Single Transferable Vote system or majority system.
The left alliance has been demanding that the EC should announce the final results of HoR and send that to the President’s Office before formation of the National Assembly. But all the other national parties including Nepali Congress (NC), Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP) argue that the EC can determine the number of women each party will have to send to the HoR only after formation of the National Assembly.
The next government cannot be formed until the EC sends the final results of HoR to the President’s Office.
