Big departure in NC's life, sea changes in the statute; mighty GPK pushed to minority

• NC to take up institutional leadership policy

KANTIPUR REPORT

Heavily dominated by Koirala's clout, the NC has been criticised for a lack of internal democracy for a long. However, the resolution has curtailed the landslide nomination rights to the party president.

KATHMANDU, NOV 05 -

In a big historical decision, the Nepali Congress Maha Samati on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution to adopt an 'institutional leadership', pushing a mighty Girija Prasad Koirala and his notion of solo leadership to a minority. The Maha Samiti is the apex body of the party.

The resolution that was endorsed by the full house of the meeting has curtailed the landslide nomination rights of the party president; make it more inclusive, elections on some major post including party Central Committee (CC) members and office bearers.

Heavily dominated by Koirala's clout, the NC has been criticised for a lack of internal democracy for a long.

According to the passed resolution, the party president, one post each of general secretary, treasure and 61CC members would be elected by the general assembly.

Likewise, the party president upon the approval from the CC meeting would appoint three office bearers-- vice chair, general secretary and joint general secretary.

Supporting the view of the incumbent party president Girija Prasad Koirala and some of the Maha Samiti members, the amended statute also provided some privileges to the party president to nominate 21 CC members. The entire capacity of the CC and party office bearers reached 85.

Making the statute more inclusive, the party president should nominate each member from woman, dalit, indigenous, madeshi and muslim out of the 21 CC members. The ratio of election and nomination reached 75: 25. The president holds to appoint 25 CC member and three party office bearers, Krishna Prasad Situala announced during the declaration hour.

Likewise, the new statute also ensured that 14 central members would be elected from each zones out of 61. Among them, it is mandatory that out of the 61members at least six posts for women, five for dalits, five for indigenous, five for madeshis and one from muslisms quotas were reserved and guaranteed.

The jamboree also decided to upgrade the numbers of representative in party general assembly and Maha Samiti from the constituency level. The new provision has ensured that 12 representatives from each constituency along with one-woman member will take participation in the general assembly. Earlier the number was seven.

The representation on Maha Samiti is also increased by three to five from each constituency with mandatory of a woman representative. The entire tenure of the party organization would be four years.

"We have entered a historic era by deciding such a big decision of the meeting," party Vice Chair Ram Chandra Poudel said.

The journey has begun towards the 'institutional system', said Situala.

The meeting also passed other resolution on the different issues that was emerged at the meeting on political, social and current political deadlock.