I won’t sign statute that smacks of disintegration: Prez

Kathmandu

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has remarked that he would not sign the new constitution if it smacks of disintegration while restructuring the country.

He said that it is the responsibility of the head of the state to promulgate the new constitution and that he would under no circumstances support the federalism that reeks of schism.

“We will remain Nepalis, only if Nepal remains,” said the President, speaking at an inauguration of a temple at Kanpur in Kavre district on Friday.

The president, however, said that the nation should go for federalism in order to maintain the national integrity. He added that the country should not adopt the federalism model that would trigger disintegration.

“The bottom-line is that the nation should not disintegrate while delineating the federal states.” He stressed that the Nepali people should not tolerate the situation in which the country moves towards the brink of split.

President Yadav said that federal states should not be carved only on the basis of caste, language and colour because the Nepali people have been living in harmony.

Yadav, on the occasion, said he was constantly coordinating with the four major political forces of the country. He also urged the major political parties to work together for the new constitution.

According to the Interim Constitution provision, the new constitution would be promulgated after the president puts his signature on it.