Coordinators appointed for 3 sub-committees under CA

Kathmandu, June 17. Coordinators have been appointed to three of the five sub-committees proposed under the Constituent Assembly (CA) Constitution Drafting Committee.

The Committee appointed Bharat Mohan Adhikari as coordinator of the sub-committee on Legislature, Hitraj Pandey as the coordinator of the sub-committee on Executive and Ramesh Lekhak as the coordinator of the sub-committee on Judiciary.

The sub-committees have been assigned to develop their respective draft to be presented before the plenary of the drafting committee.

Other sub-committees under the drafting Committee include sub-committee on Fundamental Rights and Commissions and the sub-committee on Preamble, Citizenship and Definitions.

The drafting committee is developing the preliminary draft on the contents so far agreed among the political parties to be part of the new constitution.

As per the CA calendar, the preliminary draft finalised by the Committee will be presented before the plenary of the CA and will then be made available for public submissions after it is approved by the CA.

The thematic allocation of the work of developing the first draft is expected to speed up the constitution writing process, said Lekhak, the coordinator of the sub-committee on Legislature. RSS