Members of Interim Constitution Drafting Committee yet to get formal recognition

June 19, 2006
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Though the government and the Maoists set up an Interim Constitution Drafting Committee headed by former Justice of the Supreme Court Laxman Prasad Aryal three days ago, the office bearers of the committee are yet to receive formal letters.

Former Justice of the Supreme Court Laxman Prasad Aryal (File Photo)

Former Justice of the Supreme Court Laxman Prasad Aryal (File Photo)
The government and the Maoists formed the committee on Friday during the summit talks between the ruling seven party alliance and the Maoists with the mandate of preparing the interim constitution within 15 days.

Officials of the committee said that they had started their work informally even though they are yet to receive formal letters. The committee has told the government that it will formally begin its job only after meeting the talks team of both the government and the Maoists.

On Sunday, the committee members discussed what kind of help and support they should take from the government staff and whether the statute-making process should be kept secret. “Even if we want to make the process secret, we will provide information to the people through our spokesperson,” said Sambhu Thapa, one of the members of the committee.

“We will start our formal job only after the government provides letters to us,” another member Harihar Dahal said.

The committee members discussed adopting the achievement of the 1990 movement and the best provisions of the 1990 Constitution along with the fundamental rights as the sources of the new constitution.

According to members of the committee, the committee would take the 1990 Constitution’s best provisions, the spirit of the House declaration on May 18, the agreements between the government and the Maoists, the code of conduct signed by the government and the Maoists, and the 12-point understanding between them as sources of the interim constitution.

The government and the Maoists agreed to form interim government including Maoists within a month after forming the interim statute and dissolve the House of Representatives and People’s Government of Maoists to go for the election of the constituent assembly.