War-era property deals : Dahal against scrapping decision
As pressure from hardliners in the party mounts, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday refused to take back the government’s decision to legalise conflict-era property transactions without first finding an alternative arrangement.
The transactions were made by the parallel government during the Maoist insurgency.
Dahal also urged Nepali Congress and CPN-UML leaders to recommend an alternative to address problems faced by people who made such deals through the “people’s government.”
A three-party meeting called by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Thursday, ended inconclusively after Dahal told the opposition parties that the decision would be withdrawn once the alternative is in place.
“There won’t be any more talks with the Maoists now. We will not allow the House to function until the decision is withdrawn,” said NC General Secretary Krishna Prasad itaula.
He, however, also said that Dahal did not expressly tell the meeting that the decision will not be withdrawn, as the Maoist party decided earlier in the day. “Dahal did not say that the decision will not be withdrawn. He only urged us to look for an agreeable solution to address the issue.”
Ahead of the three-party meeting, the Maoists held a meeting of the party’s office bearers, where it was decided that the party should support the government’s decision.
UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, who also attended the meeting, said the Maoist party’s position will deepen the mistrust between the parties and will have serious repercussions on the peace and constitution making process.
Neither the NC nor the UML will agree to hold talks with the Maoists until the government scraps the decision, he said.
Hardline Maoist leader Mohan Baidya said the demands of the opposition parties are not genuine and that they should take the responsibility if no progress is made on the peace and constitution fronts. He accused the NC and the UML of stirring up a ‘controversy’ over a “non-issue.”
The fresh fiasco has made the next round of three-party talks uncertain and raised doubts over immediate progress in the peace and constitution making processes.
A Maoist leader involved in the cross-party talks said the party’s position is an attempt to woo the hardliners and expressed hope that the issue will be settled next week.
Posted on: 2012-01-27 08:23
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