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In Nepal, cabinet changes delayed by coalition infighting 
The Associated Press

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2006
 
Nepal's new government prepared to expand its cabinet Wednesday, but squabbling within one of the country's seven ruling parties delayed an announcement of the changes, officials said.

One of the parties in the governing coalition, the Nepali Congress Democratic, led by the former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, was locked in internal feuds over which candidates to nominate as ministers from their party and who would be the party's leader in Parliament.

"We are all set to make the announcement today but the conflict inside the Nepali Congress Democratic is delaying the process," said Ram Chandra Poudel, general secretary of Nepali Congress, the largest party.

The cabinet, which currently has only 7 members, was expected to add 14 more new members.

"We have finalized the list of who would be in government, but the squabbling in one party is delaying the whole process," said Pradeep Gyawali of the Communist Party of Nepal, another coalition member.

A series of meetings was planned Wednesday by Nepali Congress Democratic to sort out the conflict, said Narayan Prasad Saud, a Parliament member. The delay in forming a government threatened to further stall a parliamentary vote on a proclamation that would curtail King Gyanendra's powers.

The proclamation was scheduled to be presented in Parliament on Monday and was then rescheduled for Thursday, because of the differences within the country's governing coalition.

The declaration would remove King Gyanendra's constitutional control over the 90,000-strong Royal Nepalese Army and his right to make the final decision on major issues. Those powers would be handed to Parliament.

It also would make Gyanendra pay taxes, remove his immunity from prosecution and let Parliament set the royal family's income from the government...

THIS, EXACTLY, IS THE REASON WHY THE PEOPLE IN NEPAL ARE COMPLETE DO NOT TRUST THIS KIND OF POLITICS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES...

..On Tuesday, about 2,000 people protested delays to the parliamentary vote in the streets of the capital, Katmandu. Demonstrators set on fire at least four government vehicles, blocking traffic, and burning tires on the streets.