The Maoists were initially keen to offer the posts of President and the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly to the other two major parties — the Nepali Congress and the UML. Then the party insisted it must have the President’s post along with that of the Prime Minister or ‘parallel power centres’ would make transition and constitution-drafting a difficult process.
At one point, it negotiated the offer with the two parties, but its rigid stand — Congress or the UML should not field their top leaders G P Koirala or Madhav Nepal — derailed the whole negotiation.
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