Saturday, May 24, 2014

KATHMANDU, May 22: Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) has decided to elect an inclusive 125-member central committee from its first general convention scheduled for May 24-27 in Kathmandu. RPP-N currently has a 45-member central committee.

Organizing a press conference on Thursday, RPP-N Chairman Kamal Thapa said that a proposal for amending the party statute would be tabled at the general convention to make the upcoming central committee an inclusive one.

"The new central committee would be proportionately inclusive in terms of representation of women, Madhesi, Dalit and ethnic communities," said Thapa.

Thapa also informed that a proposal to change the party´s name would also be tabled at the convention. "We have close affinity with the current name. However, we are taking the proposal at the convention as the current name also reflects the party as a group of Panchayat supports and a splinter faction of the RPP," said Thapa.                                                                                                                                                                 
RPP-N has set a slogan of ´economic prosperity through nationalism, democracy and religion´ for the general convention. According to Thapa, around 2200 representatives and 300 observers are to attend the convention.

Meanwhile, Chairman Thapa has prepared a political document that describes evolutionism as the party´s philosophy.

"We believe in change but we don´t believe in breaking the continuity. RPP-N believes in gradual change as conservation of traditional values, religion, culture and structure is also the philosophy of our party," explained Thapa.

In his political document, Thapa has explained that the party would be flexible about the current Constituent Assembly drafting the constitution but vowed that party would strongly lobby for declaring Nepal a Hindu state with constitutional monarchy, pro-market liberal economic policy and decentralized governance system.

"As we have just 24 seats in the CA, we cannot do everything as we want but we can raise strong voice in favor of our agenda within the CA. We will be flexible but will never surrender," said Thapa. "Though we want constitutional monarchy, we can discuss the modality of it while being flexible," he added.

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