Cabinet endorses supplementary bill, nominates 26-CA members

KATHMANDU, June 4 - The cabinet meeting Friday evening endorsed the supplementary amendment bill to the interim constitution that was approved by the five political parties of the ruling Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) earlier today.The government is set to table the amendment bill at Saturday's Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting.Likewise, the cabinet ... ...held at the Prime Minster's official residence at Baluwatar also approved the names of the 26-CA members nominated by the cabinet.Similarly, today's cabinet meeting also decided to convert Shital Niwas, which is currently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, into the presidential residence.Earlier today, five political parties of the SPA had approved the draft of the supplementary bill through which the interim constitution will be amended, to fulfil the demands raised by the Madhes-based parties.The five parties gave the green signal during a meeting of the SPA held at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction in Singhadurbar today.However, two fringe constituents of the SPA have disagreed with the draft of the supplementary bill stating sufficient time was not given to discuss the phraseology to be used in the supplementary bill.The draft prepared by the three ruling parties --- CPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML--- through mutual consensus was presented at the SPA meet today.Although the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) and the People's Front Nepal have expressed objections to the draft, the other two fringe parties have expressed their approval.According to sources, the draft will now be tabled as a supplementary amendment bill at the Constituent Assembly (CA) as per the agreement reached between the five parties of the ruling SPA.The big three parties finalised the draft of the supplementary amendment bill after four days of marathon talks.According to UML leader Bhim Rawal, the meeting agreed to finalise the draft including the phrases which will act as the basis for all the agreements forged between the government and the Madhesis, indigenous and marginalised groups in the past.The Madhes-based parties have been disrupting the CA session since last Thursday pressing the government to fulfill their demands.

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