Taskforce unable to resolve contentious issues within deadline

The one-week deadline of the taskforce formed under Dispute Resolution Sub-Committee expired today without any substantive progress in forging consensus on disputed issued of constitution drafting.

The taskforce was suppose to prepare a report within seven days by forging consensus on 22 issues of forms of governance and 26 of state restructuring and forward the report to CC.

Coordinator of the taskforce, Laxman Lal Karna, said that the issues cannot be resolved without direct participation of the parties. Karna sadiThe taskforce is tasked to resolve the issues of state restructuring and devolution of state power, but without parties’ participation consensus cannot be forged on these matters, he said.

The Constitutional Committee has reduced the 78 contentious issues to 26 and assigned the taskforce to resolve them. However, the taskforce despite starting discussions on proposals on forms of governance couldn’t forge consensus.

Khimlal Devkota from the Maoist party, Radheshyam Adhikari from Nepali Congress, Agni Kharel from UML and Sapana Malla Pradhan from women are the taskforce members.