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Archive for January, 2010
A grudging welcome
The UML and Maoists have been at loggerheads over whether to include the prime minister in the High Level Political Mechanism. Despite continued opposition from the Maoists, NC and UML leaders Girija Prasad Koirala and Jhalanath Khanal have decided to make the PM a “permanent-invitee member.” The Himalayan Times reports:
A meeting today beween Khanal and [...]
Smoking barrels
Parsa has seen a spate of violence in recent days. Unidentified gunmen killed Rajesh Mandal, deputy-regional secretary of the Maoist party in Parsa, on Tuesday, just one day after a bodyguard was killed amid gunfire targetted at Parsa’s assistant CDO Bal Bahadur Malla. The violence comes after talks between the Joint Tarai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) [...]
Dangerous game
Maoist leaders visited key points of the Nepal-India border yesterday as part of their campaign for ‘national independence’, but were at pains not to annoy India.
At the disputed Susta, Nawalparasi border, Baburam Bhattari said “foreign interventionists” and “internal reactionaries” were undermining Nepali independence. The Kathmandu Post reports:
Baburam Bhattarai said Nepalis had to fight against foreign [...]
Jha’s comeback
A constitutional amendment that will allow the president and vice president to take their oaths of office in any Nepali mother tongue is set to pass after the Maoists and Tarai-based parties agreed to support it. As part of the deal, ex-vice president Paramanda Jha, who lost his post after he controversially delivered his oath [...]
Federalism draft at last
The Committee on State Restructuring and Distribution of State Power is making the final touches to its concept paper and preliminary draft. The committee was one of a few that had not submitted its draft. The Himalayan Times reports:
A sub-committee headed by CA member UCPN-Maoist, Hitman Shakya, is working on the names, boundaries and the [...]
Good news all around
The Big Three party leaders are close to setting up a High Level Political Mechanism to end the political impasse. The Himalayan Times reports:
The leaders of three major political parties today agreed to form a high-level political mechanism on Friday morning.
The high-level mechanism will focus on timely promulgation of the new constitution and bring the [...]
A deal nears
A day after Pushpa Kamal Dahal was heard on a leaked audio tape telling party cadres that plans are underway for a decisive people’s revolt, the Maoists have publicly reaffirmed their commitment to democracy. The Himalayan Times reports:
Baburam Bhattarai said, “it’s not capturing state power as Prachanda said, but attaining power in a democratic way [...]
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