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Consensus, not govt, a priority: UML
KATHMANDU, APR 11 -
CPN-UML has said that the party is flexible in considering the option of a national unity government on the condition of drafting the new constitution and taking the peace process to its logical conclusion.
Speaking at the Parliament session of Sunday, Deputy-leader of the UML Parliamentary Party Bishnu Poudel said the party is open to the formation of a new consensus government. “Let us (the three major parties) sit together for peace, constitution and a new government, and forge a consensus,” he said. “If there will be consensus on the new constitution, the government is less of a priority issue for us,” Poudel added.
The senior UML leader accused the main opposition UCPN (Maoist) of not being serious to take the peace process ahead. “Some parties are preparing for a revolt instead of drafting the new constitution,” he said, referring to the Maoists. Poudel also said the Maoist line that the country will not get new constitution unless there is a government under their leadership shows that the party is not committed to peace.
Deputy-leader of the Maoist Parliamentary Party Narayan Kaji Shrestha on the other hand accused the UML-led government for being a major obstacle to national consensus. “The government has been acting against national interests, the peace process, and the new constitution,” he said. “A consensus is impossible unless a national unity government replaces the incumbent government.”
Speaking at the House session of Sunday, Nepali Congress (NC) Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel said the current deadlock would only end if the Maoists show flexibility. He said that the Maoists should be ready to manage their arms and armies, return the properties seized during the decade-long conflict, dismantle the Young Communist League, and end all kinds of violent activities if they are serious about drafting the new constitution.
Co-Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Jay Prakash Prasad Gupta said the NC and UML were responsible for the current stagnation as they have failed to come up with a blueprint on state restructuring and the integration of former Maoist combatants.
Posted on: 2010-04-12 07:51
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