Kathmandu (dpa) – Nepal politicians on Wednesday missed the extended deadline granted by President Ram Baran Yadav to form a unity government.
The president had been forced to give politicians three more days when parties failed to meet his first deadline on Sunday. But they were unable to agree on whether the Maoists or the Nepali Congress should lead the unity government.
Acknowledging the deadlock, Yadav wrote to parliament on Wednesday urging it to elect a majority government. The process of electing a new prime minister was expected to begin on Thursday.
Nepal is currently under a caretaker administration led by Jhalanath Khanal, who stepped down on August 14 saying he was making way for a unity government.
Khanal, who became prime minister in February, lacked support from different parties that prevented him from completing the constitution drafting and the peace process with former Maoist rebels.
Nepal is facing a deadline of August 31 to complete the draft constitution, but is deadlocked over the fate of former guerrillas, who have been confined to camps since a decade-long civil war ended in 2006.
If the deadline is not met for drafting the constitution - one of the provisions of the 2006 peace treaty - then the lingering political instability could threaten to derail the peace process.
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Author: Pratibha Tuladhar
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