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Archive for November, 2009
The brief on Monday
Did he, or didn’t he?
Was the Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal lying or did the Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala change his mind? After his visit with Koirala in Singapore last week Dahal had claimed that the ‘unnatural coalition’ ruling the country would collapse soon, suggesting he had made a pact with Koirala to [...]
The brief on Sunday
Give and take
The Maoists have agreed to let the parliament resume for three days to pass the budget, even though they had argued that their demands should be met first. “Our consistent efforts to find a solution failed to yield any result due to the ruling parties’ indifference,” the party’s chairman Pushpa Kamal [...]
The brief on Saturday
Threat to quit
Nepali Congress CA members asked their party to quit the government saying Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal likes to run a one-man show, ignoring their advice and interfering in their ministries. The current government does not look like a coalition, they said. They requested the party to leave the government if Nepal [...]
The brief on Friday
Tough consensus
The Maoists will move ahead with the third phase of their protests because the government is not serious about fulfilling their demands, the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ said. On Thursday, the three parties decided to postpone the discussion of the proposed joint resolution after failing to make any progress. The ruling [...]
The brief on Thursday
Long road to consensus
The three big political parties held yet another round of talks to discuss the content of the proposed joint resolution. The motion was created to meet the demands of the Maoists who have held that the president’s decision to reinstate the army chief was unconstitutional. The ruling parties are pushing to pass [...]
