By NNN-Nepal News
Kathmandu : The Electoral Constituency Delineation Commission has submitted its report to Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Monday morning, a month after it was finalised.
Chief of the committee, former justice Arjun Prasad Singh, said minor changes have been made in 47 constituencies without alternating the 240 total constituencies. He said these are technical changes only.
The government had asked the committee to review the report after the Madhesi groups protested against the delineation of the constituencies earlier. The Madhesi groups had said the delineation was not justifiable owing to the population of the Terai region.
Due to delay in receiving the report, the Election Commission has not been able to fix the election booths in Terai districts.
Meanwhile, in an effort to sort out the prevailing differences among the parties in the coalition government and take necessary decisions for creating atmosphere for the upcoming constituent assembly polls, Speaker Subash Chandra Nemwang met with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal Monday morning.
Nemwang said after the meeting he discussed holding constituent assembly polls successfully on time, appointment of the envoys in over 14 countries and appointment of officers in National Human Rights Commission with both the leaders.
PM Koirala and Nemwang agreed to reach to an agreement with the agitating groups at the earliest and for effective implementation of the agreements reached earlier.
Nemwang also informed that the process of appointing the envoys has reached final stage.
According to their understanding, the meeting of the Judicial Commission would be called soon to start the process of appointing new chief justice as current Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel would retire by next month.
It has also been agreed to call the eight-party meeting to end the deadlock soon. However, the date for such a meeting has not been fixed. The eight-party meeting held last week after a gap of five months had ended inconclusively.
Similarly, Nemwang said Nepal also expressed his readiness to hold the eight party meeting to sort out the differences and finalise the unsolved issues so that the party leaders could start election campaigns.
Nepal expressed dissatisfaction that all parties have not actively engaged in creating electioneering environment despite the approaching dateline for the polls.
After meeting with the two leaders, Nemwang expressed hope that the parties would sit soon to accelerate decisions on important issues such as appointment of NHRC officials, envoys and government secretaries, and go for elections campaigns.
Nemwang also met US envoy to Nepal Nancy J. Powell this morning.