CPN-UML withdraws from House Speaker candidacy at the eleventh hour
Kathmandu. The CPN-UML, which had previously indicated it would field a candidate for the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives, withdrew at the last minute. The party did not register its candidacy before the 2 PM deadline on Friday.
Earlier, UML lawmaker Ain Mahar had stated that the party would support any opposition candidate, but if no one from the opposition filed a nomination, the UML would field its own candidate.
'If any opposition party files a candidacy, we will support them; otherwise, the UML will file its own,' Mahar had told Ratopati. Mahar had also mentioned that the UML secretariat meeting would discuss the Speaker candidacy. However, the 2 PM deadline for filing nominations passed while the UML secretariat meeting was still in session.
Within that timeframe, only the candidacy of DP Aryal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was registered. Meanwhile, UML Vice-Chairman Gokarna Bista stated that the issue of fielding a candidate for Speaker was not even discussed during the party's secretariat meeting.
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