Parties-NEFIN talks resume
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, May 17 - Ongoing talks between three major political parties--Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist--- and Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) resumed in the capital Saturday to discuss the appropriate representation of the indigenous nationalities in the Constituent Assembly (CA).
The parties and the NEFIN discussed on the ways to include the left out indigenous nationalities in the CA during the nearly two-hour long dialogue held at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction within the premises of Singhadurbar today.
Peace Minister Ram Chandra Poudel informed that the dialogue is yet to yield any conclusion although basic agreements have been reached.
The NC, UML and the Maoist representatives in the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) taskforce for the first CA sitting and the NEFIN representatives participated in the talks today.
Friday’s talks had failed to reach a conclusion over the issue of including the representatives of 22 nationalities and marginalized castes in the CA.
The NEFIN has demanded the nominations of the 26 members for CA be carried out taking note of the agreement forged in the past, NEFIN Chairman Pasang Sherpa informed.
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