Kathmandu, April 21
The main opposition party, Nepali Congress, has viewed that the government’s decision to issue two ordinances on political parties and the operation of the Constitutional Council reflected its authoritarian thought.
A meeting of the party’s office-bearers held at the party president Sher Bahadur Deuba’s residence in Kathmandu on Tuesday made the conclusion that it was a bad omen for the democratic constitution.
Whereas the public is fighting against the coronavirus outbreak and the security personnel and health workers are working risking their lives, the government has launched a game to make the constitution a failure, the party says in a statement issued after the meeting.
Upon a recommendation from the government, President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday had issued the ordinances. One of them allows a group in the party to split the party if it can secure 40 per cent support either in the party’s central committee or the parliamentary party, and the second lets the council decide without the main opposition party’s representation.
