Acharya urges alliance to form team to talk with Maoists
Nepali Congress leader Narahari Acharya urged leaders of the seven-party
alliance to form a team to officially hold dialogue with the Maoists as the
Maoists had declared the three-month long ceasefire to find peaceful outlet
of the insurgency.
He added that the alliance of seven political parties should hold talks with
the Maoists to transform the ceasefire into sustainable peace as Maoist
declared the ceasefire approving new decisions of Nepali Congress (NC) and
CPN-UML.
"It is essential for the alliance partners to form a talks team so that they
can hold dialogue with the Maoists with ideological clarity. I have already
sounded NC president Girija Prasad Koirala on the urgency of the issue,"
report quoted Acharya as saying.
He regretted the alliance was unable to even form an authentic talks team
though it is almost a month since the Maoists declared a unilateral
ceasefire.
Stating that there is no provision in the present constitution to go to the
election of the constituent assembly he urged the alliance to clear their
stance in this regard, as it might be a obstacle for resolving the problems
dogging the country even after the revival of the Parliament.
He also demanded ideological clarity over the agenda put forth by political
parties with regard to intensifying the political movement.
He also urged the political parties to redefine the movement of the
seven-party alliance in accordance with the historical decisions of the NC
and CPN-UML regarding the monarchy.
The NC deleted the monarchy clause from its statute while UML decided to go
for a democratic republic and discard long-held views of constitutional
monarchy. nepalnews.com pb Sep 25 05
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