Nation moving towards republic set up: Aryal

Coordinator of the Interim Constitution Drafting Committee and former Supreme Court Justice Laxman Prasad Aryal has said that the nation was indeed heading towards a republican set-up and that only issue was whether it will end up to be the “people’s republic” or stop at “democratic republic.”

Talking to journalists on the future course of the nation following finalisation of the interim constitution, Aryal said, “Of course the nation is now hurtling towards a republican set-up. But we have yet to see whether it will be “people’s republic” or “democratic republic”.

He also appreciated the way the seven-party alliance and the CPN-Maoist leadership finalised the draft of the interim constitution.

Aryal said that the parties have indeed retained the spirit of the draft he had presented to the government and Maoist talk teams. “The spirit has been retained. It is now a consensus document too,” Aryal said.

The committee headed by Aryal submitted the draft to the government and the Maoist by leaving space in the issues in which the ruling seven party alliance and the Maoists did not find consensus.

The interim constitution finalized by the ruling seven party alliance and Maoists deprived King from any rights related to state affairs and the Prime Minister will execute all jobs related to the country's state affairs and administration.