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Nepalese hope to settle cabinet Nepal strikes deal on new cabinet
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Attempts are being made to resolve a last-minute hitch so that Nepal's new cabinet can be sworn in, including Maoists for the first time. Mainstream parties in Nepal have finally reached a deal on sharing posts in a new interim government which will include Maoists for the first time.
The ceremony was due to take place on Saturday but was postponed because of haggling over who should occupy the most senior cabinet posts. Haggling over who should take the most important jobs was resolved when one of the mainstream parties got the deputy prime minister's post, the party said.
But MPs said they hoped the problems would be resolved in the coming hours. The new cabinet set 20 June as the date for the constituent assembly election.
The former rebel Maoists are joining the government as part of a peace deal that ended 10 years of civil war. Maoists are joining the government under a peace deal that ended 10 years of bloody civil war.
A deal on cabinet posts was reached on Friday, with the Maoists getting five ministries. The cabinet is due to be approved by the interim parliament later on Sunday
The remaining 16 are being shared between the seven main political parties in the interim coalition. An initial deal on cabinet posts was reached on Friday, with the Maoists getting five ministries and the remaining 16 shared between the seven parties in the mainstream alliance.
PM remainsPM remains
A hitch was reported to have arisen over the nominee for the post of foreign minister put forward by the second-biggest established party. "The eight party leaders during today's session agreed to give the most senior post [after that of prime minister] to the Nepali Congress," said Amod Prasad Upadhyay, a senior leader of that party.
But Prakash Sharan Mahat, a lawmaker from the Nepali Congress Party, said the disagreement did not jeopardise the overall deal and would hopefully be solved by Sunday morning. "We are all now heading to parliament."
"We will meet tomorrow [Sunday] at 0800 (0215 GMT) and sort out these differences and we will go to parliament around 1100 tomorrow to formalise the cabinet," he said. The leader of the Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, will continue as prime minister in the new government.
Under the agreement reached on Friday, the leader of the Nepali Congress Party, Girija Prasad Koirala, will continue as prime minister in the interim government. The Maoists are getting control of the departments of information, local development, planning and works, forestry, and women and children.
The agreement gives the Maoists control of the departments of information, local development, planning and works, forestry, and women and children. Earlier, it was reported that the parties could not agree who would get the post of foreign minister.
Fate of monarchy June election
Once formed, the interim government and assembly have to organise constituent assembly elections, in June, to decide Nepal's future. The constituent assembly to be elected in June will chart out Nepal's future.
The constituent assembly has to decide, among other issues, whether Nepal will remain as a kingdom or become a republic, as the Maoists want. It has to decide, among other issues, whether Nepal will remain as a kingdom or become a republic, as the Maoists want.
King Gyanendra relinquished key powers amid street protests last year, prompting the Maoist truce, which ended 10 years of civil strife during which at least 13,000 people died. King Gyanendra relinquished key powers amid street protests last year, prompting the Maoist truce.
That ended 10 years of civil strife during which at least 13,000 people died.