Dahal offers lip service of leadership transfer at Maoist Centre statute convention
Party chief does not seem positive about imposing age and term limits for office bearers because he still wants to be in control, says a leader.
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Party chief does not seem positive about imposing age and term limits for office bearers because he still wants to be in control, says a leader.
KATHMANDU, Feb 13: The Statute Convention of ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) has commenced at the Nepal Academy in Kamaladi. During the opening session, Maoist Center Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal wreathed the portraits of martyrs.
The draft, to be tabled at the first such convention, seeks to trim the central committee from 600-strong to 151.
Janardan Sharma’s proposal calls for picking party leadership through a vote.
A draft statute has been submitted to the Standing Committee. The document will be discussed at different levels before it is presented at the convention.