A meeting of the HLPM on Friday had instructed the taskforce to draft the motion on the basis of guidelines given by the top leaders. Chiefs of the three major political parties-the UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML -- had agreed to finalize the joint resolution motion by Sunday and move ahead toward resolving the political deadlock by registering the motion in parliament. [break]
“We haven´t held any meeting so far [Saturday evening]. We may sit Sunday morning and finalize the draft of the joint resolution motion,” a member of the taskforce NC leader Krishna Sitaula told myrepublica.com.
Top leaders had told reporters that the next meeting of the HLPM scheduled for Sunday afternoon is expected to finalize the joint resolution.
“Preparing a draft is not a big deal and it doesn´t need hours-long discussions. We can prepare it within couple of hours once the parties are ready for it. If they are not sincerely prepared, we can´t do it even holding rounds of discussions for days,” Sitaula explained.
Earlier, the major political parties had worked for months to end the political stalemate but failed to agree on the wording of the joint resolution motion. They couldn´t reach any agreement as the Maoists insisted on putting the blame on the president for taking an “unconstitutional” step by blocking erstwhile Maoist Prime Minister Dahal´s decision to sack the then army chief.
The NC and UML argued that they cannot accuse the head of state for an action taken by him under the recommendation of the 18 political parties that commanded a majority in parliament.
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