Nepalmountainnews Report | 17 Jul 2008
The officials are busy finalizing the size of bureaucracy for the offices of the president and vice president, even though the political parties are still deadlocked in choosing the name for the posts and for whom election will be held on Saturday.
The government had decided Shital Niwas as the office of president and Bahadur Bhawan as the office for vice president of the country.
According to a cabinet decision, a secretary will lead the bureaucracy at the office of the president.
The secretary will be assisted by four joint secretaries and six under secretaries.
The office of the vice president will have a secretary, a joint secretary and an under secretary.
The secretaries are likely to be finalized Thursday with consent from Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Maoist chairman Prachanda and UML general secretary Jhala Nath Khanal.
Foreign Ministry will begin vacating Shital Niwas from Thursday shifting temporarily to Narayanhiti Palace.
However, official residences for president and vice president haves not been finalized. They are likely to stay in their own residence until government decides.
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