The Cabinet meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar Friday morning ended without announcing either temporary provincial capitals or appointment of provincial chiefs.
Minister for Information and Communication Mohan Basnet confirmed that the Cabinet did not make either of the decisions. Sources at Baluwatar said decision on both the issues was not taken as additional consultation is necessary on both the issues.
The Cabinet meeting was expected to announce both temporary provincial capitals or appointment of provincial chiefs to start the process of forming provincial governments.
The process of forming provincial governments has been stalled in lack of provincial chiefs and temporary provincial capitals. Provincial secretariats will be formed after announcement of provincial chiefs and temporary provincial capitals.
The Election Commission (EC) will submit the final results of provincial assembly elections to the respective provincial chiefs, as per the Constitution. It has already prepared the final results for both first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) systems of all seven provincial assemblies.
The Constitution requires the provincial chief to convene the first meeting of provincial assembly within 20 days of announcement of final results. The provincial assembly members will be administered oath of office by the respective provincial chiefs before they take part in the first meeting of provincial assembly.
The provincial chief will appoint the parliamentary party leader of the party that has majority in the provincial assembly as chief minister (CM), according to the Article 168 of Constitution. Any provincial assembly member that can muster majority in the provincial assembly with support of two or more than two parties will be appointed CM if no single party has majority in the provincial assembly.
Appointment of the CM must be completed within 35 days of announcement of the final results of provincial assembly, according to the Constitution.
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