Ghimire said in the meeting, ”The Congress has taken up the agenda of restoring the House of Representatives not only now but also in the past. The party's Central Working Committee meeting has already called the dissolution of Parliament and the formation of the government after the Jan-Ji movement unconstitutional. Correcting such an unconstitutional step is for the sake of restoring the House of Representatives.”
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In today's meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee, then parliamentary party chief whip Shyam Ghimire urged the party to formulate a formal agenda for the restoration of the House of Representatives.
Ghimire had been getting signatures from the dissolved parliament members a few days ago to strengthen the issue of restoring the House of Representatives. Ghimire informed on the occasion that 44 out of the then 88 Congress members had signed.
‘The Congress has taken up the agenda of restoring the House of Representatives not only now but also in the past. The party’s Central Working Committee meeting has already called the dissolution of the parliament and the formation of the government after the Janaji Movement unconstitutional,’ Ghimire said, ‘Correcting such an unconstitutional step is for the restoration of the House of Representatives.’
Ghimire has been saying that after the party decided to go to the elections without making the agenda of restoring the House of Representatives, the party should allow the then parliament members to go to the Supreme Court for their rights.
The signatures of the then parliament members were obtained within the Congress at a time when there was talk of Congress President Deuba returning from Singapore. Some leaders have been saying that the signing was done on Deuba’s instructions. The members have finished speaking today at the Congress meeting that began on September 28, and the office bearers have started speaking. After the office bearers finished speaking, the dispute between the establishment and other parties over what the Congress will decide on the general convention has not yet been resolved.
The establishment party is demanding that the party decide to call a special general convention if the regular general convention is not held by mid-Poush. Even leader Shekhar Koirala, who was not in favor of a special general convention earlier, has now started joining the party. Earlier, he had been adamant that a regular general convention should be held within Mangsir. With the possibility of a regular general convention decreasing, Koirala has started saying that the Central Working Committee should call a special general convention.
There are two ways to call a special general convention in the statute. There is a provision for the Central Working Committee to call it itself if it deems it necessary, and even if the Central Working Committee does not deem it necessary, there is a mandatory provision to call it within three months if 40 percent of the general convention delegates sign a demand.
54 percent of the general convention delegates have already demanded a special general convention on Asoj 29. There is a statutory obligation to call a special general convention within three months from Asoj 29.
‘Not just 54 percent but when the Central Working Committee itself calls a special general convention, 100 percent of the general convention delegates participate. Therefore, the Central Working Committee itself should call it, only by doing this will the party avoid disaster,’ Koirala said.
