http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/top-story/30843-koirala-elected-prime-minister-with-405-votes
Koirala elected prime minister with 405 votes<http://www.nepalnews.com/index.php/top-story/30843-koirala-elected-prime-minister-with-405-votes> Published on Monday, 10 February 2014 08:39 Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has been elected the new prime minister of Nepal on Monday. Koirala received 405 votes in favour from the 553 members of the Legislature-Parliament. CA speaker Surya Bahadur Thapa announced the results of the election at 2.05 pm. "We congratulate respected member Sushil Koirala for securing majority votes in the prime minister's election," Thapa said. "Now the parties should focus on writing the constitution within a year." Koirala was the lone candidate in the election and was poised to win today after sealing a deal with the second-largest party, CPN-UML, on Sunday evening. Apart from its own 194 votes, Nepali Congress had also successfully garnered support of UML, RPP, MJF-Loktantri, CPN-United and CPN-ML. 148 lawmakers voted against Koirala. Presenting himself as a candidate before the legislative parliament Koirala promised to complete the constitution within a year and implement the past agreements of the peace process. He also vowed to hold local elections within six months. Koirala's name as the prime ministe candidate was proposed by NC Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel, and was supported by UML Parliamentary Party leader, KP Oli. This paves way for formation of a majority government under Koirala's leadership, in partnership with CPN-UML. The country will now get an elected government following the demise of the first Constituent Assembly more than 20 months ago. Koirala was born in 1939 and joined politics and NC at the age of 15 in 1954. After the royal takeover of 1960, Koirala went into exile for 16 years and lived in India before returning to Nepal with the team of late NC President, Bisweshor Prasad Koirala, in 1976. Koirala became the central committee member of NC in 1977 and has continued to hold a place in the committee. He was appointed General Secretary of NC in 1996 and Acting President in 2008. In 2010, he was elected the President of NC. In his 50 years career as a politician, Koirala has rejected several offers of ministerial posts, as he did not show interest for power and posts. Koirala is unmarried and is praised for his simple living, gentle nature and down to earth personality. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
