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High Level Political Mechanism in a week KATHMANDU, NOV 23 - Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman Puspha Kamal Dahal have agreed to set up a High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) within a week to bring the derailed peace process back on track and resolve other issues likely to surface while drafting a new constitution, including the integration and rehabilitation of former Maoist combatants. Top leaders of all political parties have principally agreed on setting up such a mechanism. Monday’s meeting between Koirala and Dahal reinforced the need for the apparatus at the earliest to overcome the political impasse. “We agreed to form a high-level mechanism under Koirala’s chairmanship within a few days,” Dahal said after the meeting. “All the problems will be resolved after the mechanism is in place.” The country’s political leadership has been talking loud about HLPM for the last four months but has yet to get down to any concrete work on its mandate. “The mechanism itself will decide the way ahead,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala said. “I tried to erase the illusion in Girijababu that we had agreed to topple the go-vernment during the meeting in Singapore. Neither did I say that we both had agreed to topple the government nor was my intention directed that way,” Dahal said. Blaming the media for distorting and misinterpreting his statement, Dahal said the incumbent government was born out of an unnatural coalition and he did not consider this government a government. “That was my personal view, not Koirala’s,” Dahal said. “My meeting with Koirala is a follow-up on the Singapore meeting,” he added.” We are looking forward to some positive and tangible results within the next few days. We did not discuss replacing the incumbent government,” he said. “We will seek a middle way to end the political crisis including the unconstitutio-nal step of the president,” he said. -- Peace Is Doable --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
