Security heightened in Kathmandu
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 20
After months of confusion and 'chaos', parties that compromise the ruling coalition have finally agreed to table the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact in the House of Representatives.
A meeting of the government coalition partners held today in Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar decided to table the pact for now.
While the Nepali Congress has been positive about tabling and ratifying the deal, it's partners CPN- Maoist Centre, Janata Samajwadi Party, CPN- Unified Socialist and Rastriya Janamorcha Party stand opposed to the same, with conflicting views floating from some of the leaders from time to time.
With this, the continuity of the coalition has been guaranteed, at least for now, as NC President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was willing to forgo the current partnership and forge a new coalition with main opposition party CPN-UML, if need be, to ratify the MCC deal.
With this development, security measures have been beefed in the capital, especially around the Federal Parliament building as the proposal will likely be tabled at a meeting of the House of Representatives.
The House meeting has been summoned for 1 pm, today.
