Kathmandu, June 24 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party has proposed transforming the National Assembly into a non-partisan chamber of experts and making the Vice President its chairperson. Presenting his political paper during the closed session of the party's general convention on Tuesday, party president Rabi Lamichhane said his party also supports a directly elected executive.

The ruling party has come up with the idea of transforming the upper house and changing the governance system at a time when a government panel led by Prime Minister's political adviser Ashim Shah is working to develop a discussion paper for constitutional amendment.

"The RSP supports a directly elected executive with stable leadership and clear accountability," re...