Chairman of Interim Election Council (IEC) Khil Raj Regmi has called the first meeting of the newly elected Constituent Assembly (CA) on 22 January at International Convention Centre in New Baneshwor.
The decision on Saturday came after a discussion between President Ram Baran Yadav and IEC Chair Khil Raj Regmi ending the confusion about who should call the first meeting of the newly elected CA.
According to article 69(1) of the Interim Constitution, the prime minister or head of the government has the authority to convene the first CA meeting. This article was added through an amendment in 2008, when monarchy was suspended and no president was yet to be elected. To fill the vacuum, the then prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala also held the post of head of the state.