Speaking at the 13th annual general meeting of Pokhara University, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai stated that interim constitution guarantees executive power of the state to the cabinet and the president must respect this.
The PM also defended his government's stance on ordinances, saying that it was standard practice across the world to pass ordinances in absence of a parliament.
When asked about the solution to the current political deadlock, the PM answered that the two alternatives were to either hold new Constituent Assembly elections after forming a national-unity government or to agree on federalism and revive the CA for a few days to pass the new constitution.