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PM: Govt committed to integration
BUTWAL, FEB 05 -
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday said the integration of Maoist combatants will take place before promulgation of the constitution.
The prime minister’s statement comes a day after the UCPN (Maoist) standing committee decided to integrate its combatants only after the statute comes into effect and the country’s security policy is defined.
Speaking at the sixth national convention of Press Chautari Nepal in Butwal, Prime Minister Nepal said the special committee commissioned with the task of integrating and rehabilitating Maoist combatants has reached its last leg.
“The only task remaining is to determine the number of combatants to be merged with Nepal Army and setting the standard for integration,” he said.
The prime minister said the government was committed to integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants.
He stressed that political commitment and consensus were prerequisites for a timely constitution. “There is no need to extend the deadline for drafting the statute.”
Prime Minister Nepal accused that Maoists of “instigating a movement aimed at changing the government that has been constituted on the basis of House majority.”
“If they really want change in government,” he said, “they should do it from parliament.”
The prime minister said his government was committed to upholding press freedom and ensuring security for media persons.
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