Lawmakers from 20 of the 25 parties represented in the assembly voted
overwhelmingly in favour of Maoist chairman Prachanda by signing
their names in his support.
Prachanda– supported by 20 parties in the constituent assembly –
managed to bag 464 votes in his favour when the proposal to elect him
as PM was put before Constituent Assembly (CA) members.
On the other hand, 113 CA members – the Nepali Congress members voted
against.
With Chairman Prachanda the Prime Minister the really difficult work
begins, Democracy and Class Struggle has expressed reservations about
CPN Maoist forming Government at this stage, but we can at best only
second guess developments in Nepal - Prachanda is rightly the leader
of the CPN Maoist and now Prime Minister and knows the situation on
the ground and the balance of of political forces better than any of
us.
Koirala has forecast the new Government will not last two months, and
will do his best to make the new government fall. See his activities
reported in Janadisha Daily on this site.
It up to the leadership of the CPN Maoist to prove him wrong by
setting in motion a new dynamic of the forces of democracy and social
progress. The Masses are with you comrade Prachanda.
There are tough times ahead and the CPN Maoist must not drop its
guard has it seeks to work with the UML and MJF. Openess but
vigilance must be be watchwords has the new chapter of Nepalese
history unfolds raising high the hopes and aspirations people all
over the worls..