I/III. Govt, Maoists reach 4-point understanding on peace process; agree to extend UNMIN's term by four monthsMonday, 13 September 2010 21:19
After a protracted dispute, the government and the UCPN (Maoist) Monday arrived at an agreement on the extension of the term of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and its mandate. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed a four-point agreement following a discussion held at the prime minister's official residence in Baluwatar in the evening. The two sides have agreed to extend UNMIN's term by four months and complete the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants within this period. Similarly, the UCPN (Maoist) has agreed to bring the combatants under the control of the Special Committee. With the agreement, the government and the UCPN (Maoist) will send identical letters to the UN for extension of UNMIN's term. There was dispute over the extension of UNMIN's term and its mandate with the government and the Maoists sending separate letters to the UN headquarters with their own views. The government in its letter to the UN sought four-month extension of UNMIN's term but complained that continuous monitoring of UNMIN on the Nepal Army had hampered the regular works of the latter. On the other hand, Maoist chairman Dahal in his letter to the UN requested for six months extension of UNMIN term with the same mandate. II. http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/2-political/9134-maoists-ultimate-aim-is-to-capture-state-power-through-peoples-revolt-baidya.html Maoists' ultimate aim is to capture state power through people's revolt: BaidyaMonday, 13 September 2010 17:32 UCPN (Maoist) vice chairman Mohan Baidya on Monday revealed that his party has begun preparation to capture state power through people's revolt. He said that the party has been left with no option but to wage the revolt as efforts are on to bar the Maoists from going into power. Speaking at an interaction programme held at the Reporters' Club today afternoon, he said the Maoists are victims of conspiracy to bar them from forming a legitimate government. "So, our ultimate aim is to capture state power sooner or later by waging fresh people's revolt," Baidya said. He informed that his party has already started making preparation for the people's revolt, adding that the month long protest programmes announced by a meeting of the Central Committee on Sunday is a prelude to such a revolt. In his latest political dossier presented at the ongoing Central Committee meeting of the party held on Saturday, Baidya, who is considered a party hawk and leads a hard-line faction inside the party, has proposed that the party should stop cooperating with the "parliamentary parties" and make preparations to wage fresh people's revolt. III. http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/2-political/9106-maoists-decide-to-stir-against-growing-foreign-interference.html Maoists decide to stir against 'growing foreign interference'Sunday, 12 September 2010 17:45 Unified CPN (Maoist) on Sunday decided to wage fresh stir against what it called "growing foreign interference" in Nepal's internal affairs. A meeting of the party's powerful Central Committee decided to organise various protest programmes from September 17 onwards for a period of one month against the interference, citing that it has seriously undermined the sovereignty and national integrity of the country. As per the month-long protest programmes, the Maoists will organise mass assemblies, hold interaction programmes and mobilise people against the growing foreign interference in Nepal's affairs from September 17 to October 18. In perhaps the first official reaction of the party to the audio tape scandal, the Maoists claimed that the release of the audio tape (in which party's foreign cell department head Krishna Bahadur Mahara is shown asking for funding from an alleged Chinese official to buy MPs to tilt the prime ministerial election in the party's favour) has violated Mahara's fundamental rights, and directly accused the Indian and US embassies of working in cahoots with the Nepal Army to create the audio tape scandal. Interestingly, the UCPN (Maoist) has not clearly denied the genuineness of the audiotape. Instead, it has tried to divert attention towards national security saying it was serious that telephone conversations of political leaders were being tapped. Maoist spokesperson Dinanath Sharma told reporters after Sunday’s CC meeting, the audio tape may or may not be genuine; but the incident has shown that our national security and rights to secrecy of our citizens are in jeopardy. Mahara himself had said, in an interview with Maoist supporter vernacular Janadisha Daily a few days ago, that the voice in the audio tape could be his. He said, the contents of the conversation were tampered using advanced digital technology. The fact that UCPN (Maoist) has not clearly defended the genuineness or contents in the audio tape, but instead tried to divert attention towards ‘foreign intervention’ has made the incident more mysterious. The meeting also decided to take the three separate documents to the state committees and district committees for further discussion as party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed to make a single document accommodating the issues raised by party vice-chairmen Mohan Baidya and Dr Baburam Bhattarai. On Saturday, while answering questions of the central committee members on their respective political dossiers, Bhattarai and Baidya argued that party chairman Dahal should improve his working style and implement decisions taken by the party. Particularly, Baidya was seen more hawkish when he said that the party should seriously review the decision taken at the Chunwang meet, which had decided to adopt a multiparty system, and should go for a "people's revolt" to ensure a "janabadi constitution". -- 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 an 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.
