Talking to journalists lead by the Reporters Club Nepal, Chairman Dahal said, "It is sad and unfortunate that the same parties that signed the 11-point agreement and 25-point ordinance should be looking for an alternative to the current government." [break]
This is not the time to be looking for an alternative to the Regmi-led government, but a time to cooperate among each other for fixing the date for fresh elections, he added.
Dahal claimed that a date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election would be announced on Wednesday so that the poll could be held in the third week of November.
"An agreement has been reached with the chairman to hold the fresh CA election by that time," he said, referring to his meeting with Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi earlier today.
Dahal said he found the government working seriously towards announcing the date for the fresh election. "Once the poll date is announced, an environment for election will be created automatically," he further said, adding that a date for the fresh election would be announced at the earliest.
Dahal also said that though the UCPN (Maoist) does not have any reservations even if a 10 percent threshold is mandated for election under the proportional representation system, his party opposes any such threshold with a view to ensuring adequate representation of the smaller parties. He also clarified that his party has not backtracked from the previous agreement to limit the number of seats in the upcoming CA to 491.
On the occasion, the Reporters Club presented a memorandum to Dahal, urging early consensus among political parties and successful holding of the election within the stipulated time.
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