22 Nepali parties to form national government

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-07-2009 09:39

Twenty two Nepali political parties have agreed to form a national government. Meanwhile, around 500 Unified Communist Party of Nepal supporters gathered at Ratna Park in Katmandu on Wednesday, as part of demonstrations against President Ram Baran Yadav.

Nepal's former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal  Dahal speaks during a press conference in  Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 6, 2009.  Dahal, who resigned Monday in protest,  told reporters Wednesday that his party  would only join the new government if the  president reversed his decision to block  Dahal's attempts to fire the army chief. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A meeting of the political parties was organized on Tuesday to sort out the crisis triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as Prachanda.

Chairman of the Communist Party Nepal(Unified Marxist Leninist) Jhalanath Khanal said that the meeting decided to form a new national government.

He stressed the formation of working procedures and code of conduct for the new government.