Abolishing 240-years-old rule of the Shah Dynasty, Nepal has become a Federal Democratic Republic from Wednesday.
“I declare that the proposal tabled by the government for implementation of a republic has been passed as 560 members out of 564 present today voted in favor of the proposal and 4 against,” announced officiating chairman of the CA, Kul Bahadur Gurung at after a division vote for republic late Wednesday night.
Only CA members from royalist Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal is said to have voted against the proposal.
“Nepal has turned into an independent, indivisible, secular, inclusive, federal democratic republic with sovereignty and state authority vested in the people,” said the proposal of republic tabled by Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula.
The proposal further said that the King and his family will lose all perks and privileges except his rights as a common citizen.
Instructing the government to make sure that former king and his family leave Narayanhiti Palace within next 15 days, the CA has also instructed the government to make necessary arrangements for the safety of the properties inside the palace.
According to proposal, properties inside the palace will be utilizing in national interest or will be used to set up a historic museum.
The proposal said that all constitutional provisions, laws, administrative rules and arrangements at variance with the proposal have been scrapped.
The CA meeting had started after 9 pm on Wednesday night at Birendra International Convention Center (BICC), New Baneshwor, Kathmandu.
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