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Last Updated: Mon, 06.02.12 13:36 Maoist commanders seize cheques from retired Voluntarily retiring Maoist combatants have complained that their commanders have been forcing them to pay at least half of the amount from their retirement pay cheques. Nepali Congress and UML leaders have also raised this issue during the three-party meeting in Singa Durbar on Sunday. After the meeting Nepali Congress leader Ram Saran Mahat said that the Army Integration Special Committee has received complaints of seizure of cheques from the PLA fighters being discharged from cantonments. Mahat also said that such incidents have been already reported to Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and that the latter has promised see to the matter. Similarly, the PLA leadership also pledged to investigate the alleged seizure of cheques by the commanders in some cantonment sites. The Maoist leaders including PM Bhattarai, PLA chief Nanda Kishor Pun, Finance Minister Barshaman Pun and former deputy commander Janardan Sharma met Sunday evening to discuss the allegations. Following the meeting, Nanda Kishor Pun said that seized cheuques, if any, will be retuned to the concerned combatants. II. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2012/feb/feb06/news09.php Last Updated: Mon, 06.02.12 14:46 NC, UML join forces against govt; give one-week ultimatum to expedite peace process The main opposition parties, Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML), have upped the ante against the Maoist-led government and UCPN (Maoist), giving one week ultimatum to start works to practically expedite the peace process and withdraw the recent controversial decisions of the government including the one on legalising the insurgency era land transactions. Issuing a press statement after a meeting of the senior leaders of the two parties held at the UML headquarters Balkhu, on Monday, the two opposition parties blamed the activities of the ruling Maoist party for the protracted political deadlock. They also concluded that the peace process and the constitution-drafting are at stake because of the ‘irresponsible’ behavior of the government and the UCPN (M). The statement signed by UML chairman Jhala Nath Khanal and the NC vice chairman Ram Chandra Poudel also mentioned that Sunday's agreement between Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to provide additional assistance to the voluntarily retiring combatants is not acceptable for them. The opposition parties also objected to the ‘seizure’ of the pay cheques by the commanders of the PLA from the voluntarily retiring combatants and demanded proper security arrangements for the ongoing discharge process. -- 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.
