CA chairman to be elected on Thursday

After over three months of election of Constituent Assembly (CA), the assembly is finally going to elect its chairman and vice chairman on Thursday.

According to statement made by CA acting chair Kul Bahadur Gurung, Monday, the election will be held at 11 am on Thursday for which proposals of candidates will have to be registered at CA on Wednesday.

In line with their understanding of electing Nepali Congress (NC) candidate as president, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) candidate as vice president and Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) candidate as CA chairman, the three parties are expected to back UML candidate for the position.

The Speaker of the interim parliament Subas Nemwang is expected to be fielded as the candidate for CA chairman by the UML. nepalnews.com sd Jul 22 08