Nepal's parties yet to agree on statute though 4 days left to meet deadline

With just 4 days remaining to meet the Jan. 22 deadline of constitution drafting, Nepal's major political parties are yet to agree on contentious issues or process to be adopted, cross-party leaders said on Sunday.

Deliberation on contentious issues of new constitution in full House Constituent Assembly (CA) came to an end on Monday. In the discussions, ruling parties preferred to prepare preliminary draft of a new constitution on the basis of voting process, while opposition party lawmakers said there should be consensus among parties.

As parties failed to give any way out, the meeting of CA has been postponed for Monday. Top leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) are holding discussions to find any solution.

As the chances of a new constitution within the deadline effectively ended, top leaders are working to forge consensus within the deadline so that a new constitution could be ensured some months latter fulfilling all the procedures.

The number and demarcation of federal states have emerged as disputed issues of the new constitution. The major parties are mulling over the formation of a Federal Commission for settling the contentious issues.

According to ruling party leaders, the issues related to federalism will be settled.

"We are trying to settle all contentious issues through a consensus among the major parties," said CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli.

Parties are close to consensus on form of the government, federalism, judiciary and electoral system.

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