UML to withdraw from government

CPN-UML, one of the main constituents of the coalition government, has decided to pull out of the government on "moral grounds".

The party's Standing Committee (politburo) meeting held on Sunday decided to withdraw from the government, "respecting the people's mandate" expressed through the election. The meeting that took place after CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal announced his resignation from the party's top post also gave the responsibility of acting General Secretary of the party to another influential leader Amrit Kumar Bohora.

The next Standing Committee meeting to be held two weeks from now will decide on the resignation tendered by General Secretary Nepal.

The meeting decided to withdraw from the government concluding that it is inappropriate to continue in the government seeing the results of Thursday's Constituent Assembly election.

"The election results have shown that we lost our popularity. The people's mandate is against our expectations and there is no point in staying in the government," newly designated acting General Secretary of the party Amrit Kumar Bohora said, adding, "Therefore, we have decided to withdraw from the government on moral ground." nepalnews.com ag Apr 14 08

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