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Nepal judge becomes head of interim govt
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 16 - 03 - 2013

KATMANDU — Nepal's chief judge was named head of an interim government in an attempt by the Himalayan country's main political parties to cure the paralysis and infighting that have blocked elections for months.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Khilraj Regmi was sworn in Thursday by President Ram Baran Yadav, and his choices of former bureaucrats Madhav Ghimire as home minister and Hari Prasad Neupane as law minister took the oath of office with him.
An agreement signed late Wednesday night by leaders of Nepal's four main political parties says Regmi will have an 11-member Cabinet and the interim government will hold elections by June 21.
Smaller parties oppose the move. Protesters vandalized government vehicles Thursday and shut down the country for hours. Regmi will set aside his court duties but will return as chief justice when his tenure leading the government ends. His title is chairman of the interim election government.
“The priority and the main task of this government is to hold elections and I am determined to fulfill that,” Regmi said in a brief comment. “I urge all the citizens and political parties cooperate in the process so we can complete the task soon.”
Nepal's last parliament was elected in 2008 and expired in May 2012, having failed in its mission to draft a new constitution. Baburam Bhattarai, of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), had been head of a caretaker administration since then, but rival parties did not want him in office while elections for a new Constituent Assembly were held. The bickering canceled elections that had been set for November 2012.
The assembly to be elected in June is to write a constitution and double as the country's parliament.
The United States welcomed the formation of the interim government, and commended the political parties for making the necessary compromise.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called it an “important political milestone.” She expressed hope for free and fair elections and that the parties would remain committed to a democratic Nepal. Regmi, 63, had been free of controversy in his two years as chief justice, but the Nepal Bar Association and some smaller political parties have criticized the arrangement as inappropriately mixing law and politics. —AP


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