More than two-third lawmakers of Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on Friday submitted a petition to the chairman of the 601-member unicameral body for a timely drafting of the new constitution through voting procedure.
The move comes at a time when less than a week is left to meet the stipulated deadline of January 22 for drafting the new constitution by the country’s political parties. The lawmakers have launched a signature campaign to press for timely drafting of the constitution and to promulgate the statute through majority voting as opposed to forging consensus demanded by the Opposition parties’ alliance led by UCPN-Maoist.
Altogether, 413 members belonging to parties like the Nepali Congress, CPN-UMl, CPN-United and CPN-Marxist, submitted the petition to Subhas Chandra Nembang demanding to begin voting process to promulgate the constitution, Deputy PM Prakash Man Singh said on Friday.