Maoists delve into governance systemREPUBLICA
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=newsdetails&newsid=6448KATHMANDU,
June 17: In its ongoing politburo meeting, the UCPNMaoist has started debate
on the system of governance in the country. In Wednesdays meeting, politburo
deliberated on whether the country should adopt a presidential system or go for
a collegiate leadership. Some leaders argued that if the country adopted a
presidential system, the executive power will be centralized in a single
person, and said a collegiate leadership would be more democratic form of
governance."We are holding debate on whether we should go for presidential
system or a collegiate leadership," said a politburo member. He said that
collegiate executive would be more democratic form of government. He argued it
would be democratic to entrust a group of four or six with the executive
power.Altogether 14 member spoke on Wednesday. On the first day of the meeting
on Tuesday, party Chair
man Pushpa Kamal Dahal had presented a political document on the future course
of the party arguing that a national unity government would bail the country
out of the political crisis and pave the way for writing a new constitution on
time.Dahals document only talks of federal peoples democratic and peoples
sovereignty without details, so the party started debate on the state structure
based on the partys draft proposal of the new constitution submitted to the
Constitutional Committee of the Constituent Assembly. The Maoists have proposed
three tier of federal system dividing the country into 13 provinces.The leaders
presented their opinion on the electoral system and the ways to mainstream the
marginalized communities. The Maoist secretariat meeting on Saturday had
decided to press for the rights of the locals to natural resources.During the
meeting, Dahal said it was just a rumor in the media that some members were
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