Prime Minister Nepal made this suggestion during his meeting with Nepali Congress President and HLPM Chairman Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter´s residence at Maharajgunj. UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal was also present in the meeting. [break]
Koirala and Khanal apprised the prime minister of the decision made by the HLPM to finalize its terms of reference. Earlier, the HLPM meeting had decided to include prime minister as an invitee member.
According to prime minister´s press advisor Bishnu Rijal, the former has always been positive about the formation of such a mechanism aimed at taking the peace process to a logical end. “It will be easier to forge consensus if we include all major parties in the Constituent Assembly in the mechanism,” Rijal quoted the prime minister as saying. “This will make it easy to develop uniform idea on main issues of national importance.”
The prime minister also said the failure to include all major parties will create an environment of distrust among other parties.
During the meeting, the NC and UML had also agreed to further strengthen their unity. The two parties agreed to form a task force to develop uniform idea on various contentious issues.
Among others, the two parties agreed to bridge the trust deficit between the parties, expedite the process to fill vacant positions in the constitutional bodies, protest the excesses made by Maoists in various parts of the country and garner public support to various works done by the government.
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