Nepali Congress tilting towards directly elected executive

The main opposition, Nepali Congress, is gradually giving up the position of a Westminsterial system inching closer to the Maoist position of a directly elected executive to ensure political stability in the country. Nepali Congress central executive committee is meeting at the party headquarters in Sanepa since Wednesday to determine the party’s position on the form of governance in the new constitution.

Among the 17 central committee members who expressed their views on Wednesday, most of them spoke for an improved parliamentary system with a directly elected Prime Minister. Earlier, the party had been taking the position of a parliamentary Prime Ministerial system with prime ministerial elected and accountable to the parliament.

Young generation leaders like Narahari Acharya and Gagan Thapa have been lobbying for reformed parliamentary system. The outcome of the ongoing central committee meeting of Nepali Congress is critical to determine the form of governance in the new constitution. Form of governance is most debated issue in the new constitution. UCPN (Maoist) is firm on its stance of directly elected executive Presidential system.