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Political unity still a chimera
- Three parties fail again
KATHMANDU, JUN 27 -
The UCPN (Maoist) has reiterated that the party will not help further the constitution writing process unless the three-point agreement signed on May 28 is implemented.
A meeting of the three major parties held at the Constituent Assembly (CA) building on Sunday ended inconclusively after the main opposition remained firm in its stand. This was the second meeting of the big three parties—UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML—after the CA term was extended by a year on May 28.
The leaders discussed formation of a high-level state restructuring commission and the CA’s new calendar during the one-hour talks. The Maoist leaders refused to be included in the restructuring commission formed by the present government.
“The state restructuring commission should be formed by a national unity government to take the
constitution drafting process to its logical end,” said Maoist leader Dev Gurung. He said the incumbent
government can’t form the commission as it has lost its “legitimacy” after the May 28 deal.
The NC and the UML had proposed immediate formation of the state restructuring commission during Sunday’s meeting convened on the initiatives of CA Chairman Subas Nembang.
“The Maoist stand has made it clear that statute drafting process can’t move forward without a new political decision,” said Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat. The three parties have agreed to hold the next meeting on July 1.
The CA has failed to make any progress since the term extension a month ago. The CA session has not been summoned since April 7 while the Constitutional Committee (CC) has held two meetings since May 28.
“The one-month period since the term extension has not been encouraging. The relationship among the major parties has not improved and the parties have concentrated only on the issue of government formation,” said CC Chairman Nilambar Acharya. “We can’t guarantee constitution drafting unless the major parties stand together.”
Posted on: 2010-06-28 09:14
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