Nepal Parliament passed the proposal for proportional representation (PR) system

nepaldalitinfo report

Kathmandu, November 4- The Interim Legislature Parliament of Nepal today passed the Maoist party’s proposal on proportional representation (PR) system that has called for its adoption for the forthcoming Constituent Assembly election. The passing of the proposal was realized after the Maoists and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) struck a deal to vote in favour of each other’s proposal and amendment proposal on proportional representation system and republic, respectively - thereby ensuring that both republic and PR system were passed by majority through voice voting. Nepali Congress voted against the proposal.

The motion passed for PR system is one good step forward towards holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on the basis of fully proportional representation of all people. However, the Government needs to follow up the house decision towards eventual constitutional amendments for putting a PR system in place.

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