Thursday, January 24, 2008

SPA stalls Free Student Union poll

The seven-party alliance took a decisions of the election of the Free Student Union topostponed. likewise ,the meeting of the steering committe took decescion to cancel the the Rs 1 million that the government had planned to issue to each lawmaker for the constituency development program and the plan to form new mechanism to run local bodies.
Emerging from the SPA steering committee meeting o fmonday, leaders informed that the FSU poll has been put off as it could impede the preparations for the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. before this ,the tu has published annotice to hold election on feb 28.
“Though CPN-UML had been insisting that the FSU poll should be held as scheduled on Falgun 16, but the parties have decided stall it considering the upcoming CA elections,” leader of the Left Front CP Mainali informed. “The election would be held immediately after the CA elections.”
For long the SPA leaders were divided over whether the FSU poll would support the April 10 vote or impede it.