Today will likely determine if the ruling coalition, which is marred by the dispute over who will run for president, will remain together or disintegrate.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, head of the CPN (Maoist Center) and prime minister, has declared that he will have "decisive" meetings with KP Sharma Oli, head of the CPN (UML), today about the presidential election.
An effort is also being made to revive the old five-party coalition before the presidential election because the power partner Maoist Center and UML could not agree on the matter of the presidential nominee.
The present power coalition would disintegrate today if Prime Minister Prachanda and UML Chair Oli cannot agree on the presidential candidate, and the previous five-party alliance will be resurrected.
By giving the presidency to Nepali Congress, vice presidency to the Janata Samajbadi Party JSP, and switching up the government's leadership, the leaders are attempting to rekindle the previous coalition.
Chairman of the Maoist Center Prachanda brokered a new coalition of seven parties, including UML, and took office as Prime Minister after Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba refused to relinquish his position as Prime Minister.
However now, as UML has not given up its position in the presidency again, this alliance has also come to a breaking point.
