President of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN), Pasang Sherpa, has withdrawn his nomination for the membership of the constituent assembly under the proportional representation (PR) system, complaining that CPN (UML), the party that nominated him, failed to come up with an ‘inclusive’ PR list.

According to NFIN officials, Sherpa has rejected the nomination as the UML failed to nominate fair number of Janajati candidates.

Sherpa’s name was in the final list of nominees submitted to the Election Commission (EC) yesterday. UML has bagged 70 seats under PR system.

NFIN officials said that a delegation of the Federation will submit a memorandum to the EC, seeking its attention to the ‘under-representation’ of Janajatis under the PR system. According to them, as many as 30 ethnic minorities are going to be left out in the constitution-making process. nepalnews.com mk May 03 08