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Well heres a turn up considering the King broke up the last parliment & took over, "untill he had broken the Maoists."
. I just Hope it brings stability & peace. We shall see.
Spiral.
Seven-member Cabinet for Nepal
Nepal's new prime minister has announced a Cabinet that includes a communist party leader as his deputy.
The extremely lean seven-man Cabinet - the outgoing one removed by the King, had 34 members - will be expanded later, political leaders said in Kathmandu.
It includes four members from prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress party, and one each from the Communist Party of Nepal, the Nepali Congress Democratic and the United Left Front.
Three other parties in the seven-party alliance that led weeks of bloody protests which forced King Gyanendra to hand over power to an elected Parliament last week are expected to get appointments later.
The ailing 84-year-old Koirala named Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party Nepal as deputy prime minister and foreign minister in an apparent compromise after negotiations for the crucial No.2 slot bogged down on Monday and threatened to splinter the seven-party alliance.
Krishna Sitaula was picked as home minister, while Ram Sharan Mahat was named finance minister. Both are from the Nepali Congress party.
The royal palace's announcement of the new Cabinet came an hour before Parliament - which opened its first session in four years last Friday - was to tackle a laundry list of high-priority proposals.
They include declaring a ceasefire with the Maoists, who played a key role in the protests and announced a unilateral three-month truce last week, and setting up the nuts and bolts for the election of an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Legislation, decrees and appointments approved since King Gyanendra grabbed absolute power in February 2005 are expected to be rescinded and the king stripped of much of his authority.
The Cabinet has been tasked with investigating who gave the orders for security forces to crack down brutally on demonstrations. At least 17 protesters died.
. I just Hope it brings stability & peace. We shall see.
Spiral.
Seven-member Cabinet for Nepal
Nepal's new prime minister has announced a Cabinet that includes a communist party leader as his deputy.
The extremely lean seven-man Cabinet - the outgoing one removed by the King, had 34 members - will be expanded later, political leaders said in Kathmandu.
It includes four members from prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress party, and one each from the Communist Party of Nepal, the Nepali Congress Democratic and the United Left Front.
Three other parties in the seven-party alliance that led weeks of bloody protests which forced King Gyanendra to hand over power to an elected Parliament last week are expected to get appointments later.
The ailing 84-year-old Koirala named Khadga Prasad Oli of the Communist Party Nepal as deputy prime minister and foreign minister in an apparent compromise after negotiations for the crucial No.2 slot bogged down on Monday and threatened to splinter the seven-party alliance.
Krishna Sitaula was picked as home minister, while Ram Sharan Mahat was named finance minister. Both are from the Nepali Congress party.
The royal palace's announcement of the new Cabinet came an hour before Parliament - which opened its first session in four years last Friday - was to tackle a laundry list of high-priority proposals.
They include declaring a ceasefire with the Maoists, who played a key role in the protests and announced a unilateral three-month truce last week, and setting up the nuts and bolts for the election of an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Legislation, decrees and appointments approved since King Gyanendra grabbed absolute power in February 2005 are expected to be rescinded and the king stripped of much of his authority.
The Cabinet has been tasked with investigating who gave the orders for security forces to crack down brutally on demonstrations. At least 17 protesters died.