The meeting of the seven-party alliance (SPA) on Tuesday
unanimously nominated Girija Prashad Koirala, president of Nepali
Congress (NC) political party, who is also former a prime minister,
for the post of the Prime Minister of Nepal, general secretary of
NC said.
"The meeting concluded with a decision to announce Constituent
Assembly elections through the reinstated parliament," Ram Chandra
Paudel, general secretary of NC, told reporters.
Nepali King Gyanendra through his royal proclamation reinstated
the dissolved House of Representatives as per the demand of the SPA
on Monday mid-night.
"The announcement of Constituent Assembly elections will be the
main agenda of the reinstated parliament," Paudel said soon after
the conclusion of the meeting.
The people will take their decision through constituent assembly
elections, he said.
Expressing commitment to the 12-point understanding reached
between the SPA and the anti-government guerrillas, the meeting
also called on the rebels to support the parliament reinstatement
move.
All top leaders of the alliance including NC President Koirala,
NC-Democratic President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Communist Party of
Nepal United Marxist and Lennist general secretary Madhav Kumar
Nepal, Nepal Workers and Peasant Party chairman Narayanman
Bijukchhe were present at the meeting.
Thousands of demonstrators had gathered in front of Koirala's
residence when the meeting was going on.
Meanwhile, "victory rallies" have been taken out in different
places across the country including Lalitpur, Pokhara and Nepalgunj
cities and Sarlahi and Bardiya districts.
Prohibitory orders against rallies and public gatherings earlier
imposed in different parts of the country have also been
lifted.
(Xinhua News Agency April 25, 2006)
