Will Nepal elect ‘non-political’ person as president?

In Nepal, Poitical parties heve started consultation to form the government. CPN-UML – the second largest party in the House of Representatives (HoR) after Nepali Congress (NC) — is in a ‘wait and watch’ position saying that the mandate it got is not to form a government under its leadership. UML is analyzing the situation cautiously and assessing possible alternatives.

Meanwhile, top leaders of the ruling parties have started holding informal discussions to elect a non-political person as the new president of the country. Multiple leaders belonging to the ruling parties including Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) that Republica talked to confirmed that preliminary discussions are currently underway to elect a ‘non-political’ person as president as practiced in other countries including India. “There has not been any decision yet on this. I can confirm to you that discussions to this end are currently underway to elect a ‘non-political’ person as a new president,” said a senior NC leader, asking not to be named.

The Election Commission of Nepal submitted final results of House of Representatives' elections to the President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu on Thursday. The President thanked all including the Election Commission, security bodies, stakeholders and voters for conclusion of fair and successful elections. The election held on November 20, a total of 825 people's representatives were elected, out of this, 275 people were elected under the House of Representative and 550 were elected under the Provincial Assembly. Women's participation in the House of Representative is 33.10 percent, and 36.36 percent in the Provincial Assembly. The EC's office-bearers are scheduled to present a report along with the results of Provincial Assembly polls to the chief of all seven provinces on 17 December. Names of elected members of House of Representatives and Province Assembly would be published in Nepal Gazette soon