President 'directs' CA secretariat to conduct election of Prime Minister

President 'directs' CA secretariat to conduct election of Prime Minister

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has directed the general secretary of the Constituent Assembly (CA) to make preparations for election of the Prime Minister as per the Article 38 (2) of the Interim Constitution.

According to state-owned Radio Nepal, Dr Yadav gave the direction, through his secretary, to CA general secretary Manohar Prasad Bhattarai. It was an informal instruction as the President's office had been closed by the time the CPN (Maoist) leadership informed him about the failure to form the national unity government within the deadline, Bhattarai said.

Maoist chairman Prachanda' had telephoned President Yadav, immediately after the talks between four major parties ended inconclusively last evening, informing that his party had failed to form national unity government.

President Yadav's letter to the CA secretariat instructing it to conduct election of the Prime Minister is expected to come on Sunday, Radio Nepal quoted the CA general secretary as saying.