Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who yesterday agreed to withdraw the new ordinance that amended key provisions of the Constitutional Council Act, called a meeting of the Constitutional Council this evening, but postponed it after party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal objected to the convening of the meeting without withdrawing the ordinance.

NCP Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha said Dahal met the PM and asked him to hold the Constitutional Council meeting as per the laws that existed before the ordinance was issued on Tuesday. Constitutional Council is a key body that recommends names for appointments to constitutional bodies.

The new ordinance amended the Constitutional Council Act enabling the council Secretariat to hold its meeting even with three members, including chairperson (prime minister), and take decisions on the basis of majority. Before the ordinance amended the act, the council was required to take decisions on the basis of consensus.

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