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Extend UNMIN tenure till peace process success: MJF
KATHMANDU, AUG 28 -
Amid ongoing debates on the UNMIN’s tenure extension, President of Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav has said the UN’s body should stay here until the peace process is complete.
The task that brought the UNMIN to Nepal hasn’t been accomplished yet he said speaking at Reporters’ Club in the Capital on Saturday. “The nation will be engulfed in violence if the UNMIN is forced to pulled out before the completion of the peace process.”
He, however, said that the Nepal Army can be removed the UNMIN’s surveillance on the basis of political consensus
as underlined by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The UNMIN’s role can be crucial in bringing the armed outfits into the main stream politics, he said.
Terming the Nepal Army not the country’s national army, he said it should be restructured, democratised and made inclusive then only it can be named a a national army. “It doesn’t have Madhesi representation. So how can we call it a national army,” Yadav said.
On the present deadlock, Yadav said that “absence of appropriate provision” in the Interim Constitution has marred new government formation, constitution drafting and the peace process.
Saying that the UCPN (Maoist) is close the demands raised by Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha (SLMM), he said the Madhesi parties’ alliance, however, will not vote for the Maoist party unless they pledge to fulfil all demands.
On the next round of prime ministerial election, he said that SLMM is yet to make the official decision whether or not to take part in the by-poll. “We may support the Maoist party or the Nepali Congress. But for that, first they should assure us of addressing our demands in written.” In another context, he said that India should help solve the two-decade-old problem of Bhutanese refugee.
Earlier this morning, during a meeting with a Bhutanese delegation at his residence in New Baneshwor, Yadav had said, “We will request India to play a significant role in solving the problem.”
“India has always remained silent whenever Nepal sought its help in resolving the problem of Bhutanese refugees,” said Yadav.
Posted on: 2010-08-29 08:27
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