RPP-Nepal to boycott the presidential election

The only monarchist party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) has decided to boycott the election to elect the first president of republican Nepal.

The meeting of the central working committee of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal), Friday, decided to stay away from the election procedure accusing the major parties of using the election in overtly partisan manner by throwing out the politics of understanding.

In a statement signed by RPP-Nepal's general secretary Tanka Dhakal, the party – which has a total of four members in the 594-member strong Constituent Assembly – has condemned what it calls as the 'means and media of establishing partisan domination in a position that ought to have been respectful, glorious and basis of national unity.'

The party has regretted that none of the big parties and, especially, the prime minister called all party meeting to decide on the issue of electing president.

The RPP-Nepal has urged that independent and respected national figure should be chosen as the chairman of the CA. nepalnews.com sd Jul 18 08