Kathmandu, May 6 -- President Ramchandra Paudel on Tuesday authenticated the ordinance relating to the Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties, Powers and Procedures), despite maintaining his earlier concerns, after the government resent it without any revisions.

The move brings a temporary end to a prolonged constitutional and legal standoff between the President and the government. The ordinance had first been forwarded to the President on April 27, following a Cabinet recommendation.

Hours after the ordinance was issued, the Balendra Shah-led Cabinet recommended that the President summon a new session of the federal parliament. Paudel promptly convened the session of both houses for May 11, which will primarily focus on the present...