The two-day central committee meeting of CPN (Maoist)
concluded Friday deciding to take the leadership of the new
government under three 'conditions'.
After the conclusion of the meeting, party spokesperson
Krishna Bahadur Mahara told reporters that the party would
make efforts to form a government of national consensus.
However, the party has kept open the alternative of a
majority government by making alliance with a few parties,
if a consensus government failed to take shape.
Mahara also said his party was ready to take the
leadership of new government even if it is a minority
government but on the condition that other parties make
commitment not to bring on-confidence motion against the
government until the new constitution is drafted. The
party has also stressed the need to end the current
alliance of NC, UML and MJF.
If the conditions are not met, the party will remain in
the opposition, he said.
Meanwhile, the Maoist leaders have admitted their mistake
for eroding relations with CPN (UML) during the recent
presidential election, and have now expressed commitment
not to repeat the errors in future.
The party had called its central committee meeting after
coming under pressure from all sides to take the
leadership of the next government.
The party has discussed the common minimum programme for a
consensus government to be tabled before the meeting of 25
parties, which is likely on Saturday or Sunday. Mahara
said the draft of the CMP, which will incorporate the
suggestions from the central committee members, would be
ready by the evening. nepalnews.com ia Aug 01 08
