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Nepal to elect premier in 3rd round poll
2010-08-02
Chairman of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) Prachanda has claimed that the nation would get the new prime minister in the third round of election to be held today.
Alternative headline: China to complete conquest of Nepal Real-Soon-Now ...
"The UCPN-Maoist would form the next government by coordinating with other political parties, if the parliament fails to elect the new PM on Monday [today]," Prachanda told journalists on after meeting with chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subash Chandra Nemwang.

According to yesterday's The Rising Nepal daily, the ongoing peace and constitution making processes were discussed at the meeting in addition to other contemporary issues.

"I asked Prachanda to expedite the constitution making process by ending the ongoing political deadlock," Nemwang was quoted by the daily as saying.

The Legislature Parliament is holding the third round of election today after it failed to elect new prime minister twice. Prachanda and Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Paudel are contesting the election.
Prachanda will ensure that there's no need for a vote ever again ...
The Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal withdrew his candidacy in the first round of election saying that he failed to muster support from the two-thirds majority of parliament members.
Posted by:Steve White

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