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Maoist Center likely to elect new leadership today



KATHMANDU: The ongoing Eighth General Convention of the CPN (Maoist Centre) has been extended until today (Saturday) despite the party passed its chairman’s political document.

In order to pass the party’s statute draft, the closed-door session has been called for 11:00 am today. The issue of leadership selection will begin only after approval of the statute draft, it is learnt.

As proposed, the Maoist Centre would select 15-office bearers and 299 central committee members.

Chairman of the Maoist Centre’s Election Commission Bishnu Pukar Shrestha said that the election process of the party leadership will advance only after the approval of the statute draft.

The CPN-Maoist Center’s ongoing eighth general convention on Friday endorsed the ideological and political report of Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.

The closed-door session passed the report after Chair Prachanda responded to issues raised on the report.

Publish Date : 01 January 2022 07:35 AM

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