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Talks fail, strike begins
The Maoist-called indefinite strike began with the shutdown of transportation, educational institutes and industries on Sunday after a meeting of the three parties failed to produce a consensus.
Speaking at the rally to mark International Labour Day on Saturday, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the people will not leave the street until the government is [...]
Record spending
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s government has set a record by being the biggest spender since the country adopted the multi-party democracy. According to Kantipur, Nepal’s 43-member cabinet has already blown off its annual budget.
Last year, the prime minister and cabinet members’ staff did not even spend Rs 20 million set aside for them. This [...]
Threat of a revolt
Speaking on the occasion of 100th International Women’s Day in Kathmandu on Monday, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal threatened to launch another revolt if the constitution is not written in time. We like this lede from The Himalayan Times:
UCPN Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Monday warned of the country’s facing wrath of people’s [...]
While Rome burns…
The High Level Political Mechanism meeting at Godavari Resort ended inconclusively on Tuesday. The three parties had set an ambitious agenda to find an agreement to a package deal, including the issue of government change. Nagarik lists the items on the agenda:
To return personal property, including houses and land
To create an environment of trust between [...]
One weapon, one combatant
The government has unveiled a strategy to integrate as many Maoist combatants into the army as there are arms in the Maoist arsenal. According to Kantipur:
Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong said the integration would be based on ‘one combatant one weapon’ theory. “UNMIN has verified that there are 3,400 weapons, so only as many combatants can [...]
Withholding allowance
After accusing the Maoists of exaggerating the number of combatants in UNMIN camps last week, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is now looking into blocking the combatants’ monthly allowance, Kantipur reports:
The government has reported that it might stop monthly payments to Maoists combatants stationed in temporary camps. Saying that the Maoist party has been uncooperative [...]
Unity issues
It took a whole day for CPN-UML leaders to start bickering again. Despite a decision to put a united front on Thursday, the rift in the party displayed itself again in the CA. From Republica:
The ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has for the second time withdrawn its official proposal for state restructuring that [...]
