Thursday, May 14, 2009

Court verdict cannot resolve current crisis: Law minister


Minister for Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly, Dev Gurung, has claimed the current dispute over the President's step against the government decision cannot be settled through court verdict, as it is a political issue, not a legal one.

"The President has made a political move. There cannot be legal solution to it," Gurung told reporters in Pokhara Thursday. It's the political parties and the parliament that should find a solution to the current crisis, he added.

The law minister's remarks almost coincided with the Supreme Court's show cause order on a writ petition against the government decision to sack army chief Rookmangud Katawal.

Gurung who arrived in Pokhara to attend a meeting of the Unified CPN (Maoist)'s Tamuwan State Council, also accused the Nepali Congress of trying to derail the peace process by demanding re-verification of the Maoist combatants.

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