Added: Jul 22, 2008
From: NTDTV
Duration: 1:24
ANCHOR: Nepal has chosen their first president. In doing so they have rejected a candidate supported by Maoist rebels. Here's more. STORY: Nepal's lawmakers picked the country's first president yesterday. But the move could plunge the Himalayan nation into more political turmoil. Ram Baran Yadav, an ethnic Madheshi from the centrist Nepali Congress party won 308 out of the 590 votes. He defeated Ramraja Prasad Singh who had the support of the Maoists. [Ram Baran Yadav, New President Nepal]: "I will try my best to accommodate everybody, all the parties for the constitution, for the nation's economy, for future peace." The snubbing of the Maoist candidate for the largely ceremonial position of president has created other problems. There are now doubts that the Maoists will form a government with their chief, Prachanda, as prime minister. But in some ways, the new president may also help stabilize Nepal. Coming from the country's lowlands, Yadav may help unite the people from the Himalayan highlands. This was the first major vote since lawmakers decided to abolish the 239-year-old monarchy.
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