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The brief on Saturday
What happens in Singapore…
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala have denied that they made a secret deal to overthrow the government, after a transcript of their alleged conversation surfaced yesterday. A purported transcript of a conversation between the two leaders in Singapore shows them making an agreement to remove [...]
The brief on Wednesday
Bright future
Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have agreed to set up a high level political mechanism within a week to bring the peace process back on track. Top political leaders had discussed setting up such an apparatus four months ago, but it materialised concretely after Dahal’s visit with [...]
The brief on Tuesday
Prosecution and promotion
The government has decided to prosecute former Chief of Army Staff Pyar Jung Thapa and several senior army officials facing charges of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations. A cabinet meeting decided to take legal action against the officials under the recommendation of National Human Rights Commission. Meanwhile, Republica reports that one of [...]
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 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 [...]
