KATHMANDU: Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subas Chandra Nembang is all set to announce the date for the election of the CA Constitutional Committee chairman within a week. A source close to the CA chairman told this daily that the election of the Constitutional Committee chairman would be held on August 16. The post has been vacant since Madhav Kumar Nepal, who was the head of the Constitutional Committee, became the Prime Minister on May 23.

Work of the committee has been severely affected due to the absence of its head and the committee has yet to draft its concept paper.

Nembang has called a meeting of the chief whips of the principal parties tomorrow to dwell on the election schedule. If the CC chair is elected within a week, the committee will be able to prepare its concept paper on preamble and other issues not specifically entrusted to the thematic committees.

The Unified CPN-Maoist and the Nepali Congress have staked their claim on the CC chair. The CC head will be decided through voting in case the parties fail to reach a consensus, said the source.