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Constitutional experts ask king to reinstate Parliament
Kathmandu, July 31: Terming the 10 month-old direct rule by King Gyanendra as `total failure` and `unconstitutional,` Nepal`s Constitution makers have demanded restoration of Parliament and formation of an all-party government.
Kathmandu, July 31: Terming the 10 month-old direct rule by King Gyanendra as "total failure" and "unconstitutional," Nepal's Constitution makers have demanded restoration of Parliament and formation of an all-party government.
"The royal intervention of October 4, 2002, was unconstitutional and undemocratic. The 10 months of rule by the King was a total failure," Bishonath Upadhyay, chairman of the nine-member constitutional drafting committee said.
Six members of the committee, after a meeting, unanimously said they were suggesting a way out as "the Constitution was dying". They drafted the constitution of the kingdom of Nepal in 1990.
"The only way to activate the Constitution is formation of an all party government at the advice of the nationally recognized parties under Article 27 of the Constitution and revival of the dissolved house," they said.
The King has no right to sack the Prime Minister under the Article 27(3) of the Constitution, Bharatmonah Adhikari, a member of the committee said.
Under the article, King has only right to advice, encourage and warn the government and not to sack the Prime Minister, he said. "A constitutional King should do what the council of ministers recommends him rather than go head with his own interpretation of the constitutional provisions."
Besides Upadhyay and Adhikari, committee members Laxman Aryal, Damannath Dhungana, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Mukunda Regmi were present at the meeting. Out of nine members, one is dead and two did not attend citing health reasons.
Bureau Report
Six members of the committee, after a meeting, unanimously said they were suggesting a way out as "the Constitution was dying". They drafted the constitution of the kingdom of Nepal in 1990.
"The only way to activate the Constitution is formation of an all party government at the advice of the nationally recognized parties under Article 27 of the Constitution and revival of the dissolved house," they said.
The King has no right to sack the Prime Minister under the Article 27(3) of the Constitution, Bharatmonah Adhikari, a member of the committee said.
Under the article, King has only right to advice, encourage and warn the government and not to sack the Prime Minister, he said. "A constitutional King should do what the council of ministers recommends him rather than go head with his own interpretation of the constitutional provisions."
Besides Upadhyay and Adhikari, committee members Laxman Aryal, Damannath Dhungana, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Mukunda Regmi were present at the meeting. Out of nine members, one is dead and two did not attend citing health reasons.
Bureau Report