Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli has swatted away the all-party mechanism proposed by CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Talking with the seven chief ministers (CM) from the PM's Office in Singha Durbar through video conferencing on Saturday, he argued that such a mechanism is not necessary as the government has been working effectively.
"PM Oli made it clear that there is no need for a separate mechanism apart from the government," PM's press advisor Surya Thapa said. "He also clarified to everyone to not expect the government to work in a way like staying at home and issuing instruction once in 15 days (sic)."
Dahal recommended an all-party high level mechanism including the ruling and opposition parties and important persons to fight COVID-19 pandemic in an interview to Image Television on Thursday, and claimed he has already urged the prime minister and leaders of political parties about that.
The main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has already distanced itself from the all-party mechanism and said it will help the current government as far as possible.
NC Spokesperson Bishwo Prakash Sharma said on Friday CPN and its government has not made any proposal about such mechanism. "We will help this government in capacity of the opposition as far as possible. The elected government should do the work."
