The government has decided to bring an ordinance allowing parties to split with support of 40 members in either the parliamentary party or the central committee.
The Cabinet meeting at Baluwatar Monday has taken a decision to that regard making splitting of parties easier, according to a minister. The act about political parties requires support of 40 percent in both the parliamentary party and the central committee to split any political party.
A source close to Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli confirmed that all the ministers apart from three silently supported the proposal made by PM Oli.
Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, Agriculture Minister Ghanashyam Bhusal and Energy Minister Barsha Man Pun opined that it would not be appropriate to take such a serious decision in the current situation.
Clause 33(2) of the act about political parties requires support of 40 percent in both the parliamentary party and the central committee to split any political party or join another party.
A Baluwatar source confided that President Bidya Devi Bhandari is likely to issue the ordinance Monday itself.
Differences between the two chairmen of ruling CPN have been exacerbating in recent times. There have been rumors that preparations are on to replace PM Oli with senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, and handing over the party responsibilities to executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The differences between Chairman Oli and the faction of Dahal and Nepal intensified on the issue of speaker election and taking Bam Dev Gautam to the National Assembly.
