KATHMANDU, August 12 Constituent Assembly on Wednesday forwarded the proposal of the Constitutional Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee to the Constitution Drafting Committee for preparing “Reviewed Bill” (final draft) of the new constitution within five days. The CDC headed by Krishna Prasad Sitaula will have to prepare the “Reviewed Bill” by Monday (August 17), incorporating the issues agreed upon at the CPDCC and keeping in view the suggestions of the CA members made during discussion on the report yesterday and on Wednesday. The CA full house will then proceed with the process of passing the bill and CA members will be given one last chance to register amendment proposal before putting the bill to vote. Baburam Bhattarai-led Special Committee, comprising top leaders of four major parties – Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum-Democratic Chairman Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar — will, however, keep making efforts to settle the remaining disputed issues. The members of the SC have already said they would settle disputed issues related to demarcation of six-province federal model, secularism, threshold for the representation in the Parliament under proportional representation system, constitutional court and reappointment of office bearers in the constitutional bodies after delivering the new constitution till the appointments are made as per the new constitution. CPDCC report has changed some of the provisions by incorporating the people’s feedback. For instance, by adding a proviso in Article 88 it has removed the provision of allowing a member to contest election from more than one constituency in the general elections. Many top leaders in the previous elections had contested from more than one constituency. “The report has prepared a concrete basis for the new constitution, paving the way for the CDC to prepare the Reviewed Bill,” said CA Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang. Meanwhile, CA members expressed divided opinions on the disputes during the two-day discussion. Taking part in on Wednesday’s discussion on the report, NC member Jiban Bahadur Shahi demanded separate autonomous Karnali province, as the region is oppressed and poverty-stricken. Mina Pun of the Rastriya Janamorcha alleged that certain parties didn’t want secularism, as they intended to weaken the republican system. Arjun Prasad Joshi of NC demanded to remove secularism from the draft constitution. Bikram Pande of Rastriya Prajatantra Party pleaded for declaring the country a Hindu state with religious freedom. Dev Karan Prasad Kalwar of NC said Nawalparasi district should not be split and the country should be declared a Hindu state. Responding to the queries of the CA members, CPDCC Chairman Baburam Bhattarai accepted that the draft constitution had some weaknesses, as it was a document of compromise among the parties having diverse opinions. “The Special Committee will try to resolve the disputed issues,” Bhattarai said.