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Should I stay or should I go?
The United Nations is dispatching its top political official, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe, to Nepal next week to assess the peace process. He will be stopping over in India first to discuss ‘matters of regional and international importance’, which is interesting because Maoist Party’s foreign department chief just accused India [...]
Countdown
The 100-day countdown for the Constituent Assembly to finish writing the constitution begins today. To mark this milestone, and to let people know how their time is being used up, the Public Opinion and Coordination Committee of the CA is going on a tour of the country. The Kathmandu Post writes:
The committee has decided to [...]
Rift in Nepali Congress
A High Level Political Mechanism meeting, scheduled to discuss the functioning of the current government, ended inconclusively on Monday. A few interesting details emerged afterwards, as leaders of various parties spoke to the press. From The Himalayan Times:
Nepali Congress has expressed its willingness to lead a new government during Monday’s High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) meeting, [...]
Constitution first, federalism later
CPN-UML has directed its party’s CA members to ask for a State Restructuring Commission in the CA, indicating that the new constitution may be written before the finalising the details of federalism. The Himalyan Times writes:
“Restructuring the state is a very complex issue,” [UML president Jhal Nath] Khanal said, “We can also suggest leaving this [...]
Good and bad treatment
In Beijing on Tuesday, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal got the red-carpet welcome at the Great Hall of the People from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Nepal also got China to pledge 100 million Yuan (nearly Rs 1.5 billion) in assistance every year in exchange for controlling anti-China activities in Nepal. Republica writes:
During the meeting, PM [...]
Back to business
Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal isn’t pleased with the media. Last night, he told BBC Nepali Service:
Having gone through the media reports today, I realised that they did not understand my speech yesterday. It was a sarcastic political comment on the political parties for not having their own stand and for waiting for directives from [...]
Army battles
So the Maoists are going to release unqualified combatants unilaterally. Turns out, United Nations and the government are not crazy about sending them packing without seeking for a commitment that they will not involved them in any armed outfits later. Rajdhani reports:
“We want the Maoist to agree that unqualified combatants, including child soldiers, would not [...]
