Miscellaneous
Oli, Nepali get responsibilty to pick politburo
The CPN-UML office bearers’ meeting has given the responsibility to select the politburo and standing committee members to party Chairman KP Sharma Oli and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.Ekantipur Report
Both the leaders, who were at odds over the criteria to contest in the party’s politburo positions, agreed on the provision that require the candidates to have spent at least one full term as central committee members for politburo seats, said UML leader Yogesh Bhattarai after the office bearers' meeting in Balkhu on Friday.
A meeting of UML Central Committee has commenced after the meeting.
The CPN-UML on Thursday had formed a two-member taskforce to resolve the dispute. The taskforce comprising UML Vice-chairman Bhim Rawal and General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel presented a proposal for an amicable solution at today’s meeting.
The present UML party statute states that a full time or elective central committee member who has spent at least one full term as central committee member can be elected as a politburo member.