Dissenting parties picket CIAA

KATHMANDU: The 33 dissenting political parties including the CPN-Maoist staged sit in infornt of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) for two hours today, protesting the appointment of Lokman Singh Karki to the post of CIAA Chief.

The political parties picketed the CIAA from 9:00 am claiming that Karki´s appointment to the post was unconstitutional.

The 33 political parties have continued the agitation demanding that the 11-point agreement reached between three major political parties and the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) on April 13 and the 25-point ordinance related to removing obstacles removing constitutional obstacles for the CA election be scrapped.

The 33 political parties have put a condition that they will participate in the next election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) only after the agreement reached between three major political parties and UDMF was scrapped.