Kathmandu, Sept. 8 -- In the end, as always, party chair KP Sharma Oli got what he wanted.

The CPN-UML's statute convention concluded on Sunday, unanimously endorsing the proposal to remove the two-term limit and 70-year age bar to hold executive positions in the leadership as decided by the party's recent central committee meeting.

The provision was pushed by 74-year-old Prime Minister Oli who is serving his second term as party chief and wants to get elected again.

The three-day convention endorsed the political report presented by Oli, statute amendment proposal tabled by Vice-chair Bishnu Paudel and organisation report presented by General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel. Other reports put forth by various department chiefs were also pas...