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Nepal strikes deal on new cabinet Nepal swears Maoists into cabinet
(about 3 hours later)
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. Maoist ex-rebels have been sworn in as ministers in Nepal's interim government after a deal on the make-up of the new cabinet tasked with building peace.
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. Parties in the ruling alliance reached a deal after a day of haggling over the deputy prime minister's post.
The new cabinet set 20 June as the date for the constituent assembly election. "A new chapter has begun in the history of Nepal," Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the interim parliament.
Maoists are joining the government under a peace deal that ended 10 years of bloody civil war. The election of a constituent assembly, which will determine Nepal's future course, was set for 20 June.
The cabinet is due to be approved by the interim parliament later on Sunday Maoists are joining the government as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) under a peace deal that ended 10 years of bloody civil war.
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. The Maoists are getting control of five out of 21 ministries: the departments of information, local development, planning and works, forestry, and women and children.
PM remains
"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.
"We are all now heading to parliament."
The leader of the Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, will continue as prime minister in the new government.
The Maoists are getting 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.
June electionJune election
An initial deal on cabinet posts was reached on Friday but failure to resolve the deputy prime minister's post delayed the new cabinet's formation until Sunday.
The post went to the Nepali Congress, whose leader is Mr Koirala, after the Communist Party of Nepal United Marxist-Leninist backed down.
The constituent assembly to be elected in June will chart out Nepal's future.The constituent assembly to be elected in June will chart out Nepal's future.
It 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.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.That ended 10 years of civil strife during which at least 13,000 people died.