Ten amendments on Third Amendment Bill

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KATHMANDU, Dec 28 - Ten proposals were tabled in the parliament by Thursday, seeking amendment in the Constitution's 3rd Amendment Bill tabled by the government. The amendments sought are:

RPP:
- Fully proportional election, taking Nepal as a single constituency

- Reduction of CA members to 257 (240 elected, 17 nominated by cabinet)

- Decision on monarchy through simple majority of CA's first meeting, two-
thirds majority required to abolish monarchy earlier if king creates obstruction in polls

- Removal of parties' name from the constitution

NC, UML, Maoists: - Provisions for the process of fulfillment of the vacant parliamentarian positions

- New provision for appointment of parliament's secretary along with general secretary-PM to appoint on recommendation of speaker.

Sadbhavana Party (Rajendra Mahato):

- Fully proportional election only for 240-member CA

- Right to self-determination within federal system

- Inclusion of Sadbhavana Party's name in constitution

NPF (Chitra Bahadur KC): -

- Constitutional guarantee for election even if a registered party doesn't take part

- No change in agreed 497-member in the CA

- Dropping "federal" from the state's future model

- Remove political parties' names from the interim constitution

PFN (Lila Mani Pokharel):

- Automatic inclusion of name of new nominee in the parliament as parties recommend it

- New provision for parliament secretary's appointment

PFN (Kaman Singh Lama):

- Fully proportional system of election dividing current administrative districts into electoral constituencies

Maoist MP (Padam Lal Bishwakarma):

- 20 percent seats for dalits in CA as compensation for centuries of exploitation against them

- Inclusion of Dalits, Madhesis and religious minorities in the list to be nominated by PM in the CA

Maoist MPs (Hari Roka & Malla K Sundar):

- 505-member including one-third women

RJP (Surya Bahadur Thapa):

- No change in any clause of present constitution

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