A senior Maoist leader has said that his party will not accept any constitutional change to make it possible for ousting the Prime Minister by a single majority of Constituent Assembly.

“The existing two-thirds provision regarding the Prime Minister should remain as it is. We are not in favour of amendment in the interim constitution,” senior Maoist leader Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ said, claiming that it will be ethically wrong for parties that had agreed to this constitutional provisional in the past to demand an amendment in the statute.

The Maoist leader also accused the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML of trying to create roadblock in the political process by setting conditions after failing to get popular mandate. “This shows their defeatist mentality,” he said speaking at the Reporters Club.

Baidya also made it clear that his party is not ready to accept GP Koirala as the first president of republican Nepal. “We respect Girijababu but we won’t accept him as prime minister or president. He should resign now and pave the way for political consensus.” nepalnews.com mk May 14 08