The Unified CPN (Maoist) Wednesday launched nationwide protest against
President Dr Ram Baran Yadav's decision to reinstate the army chief who
was sacked by the then Maoist-led government.
Maoist cadres staged dharna (sit-in) and gheraoed the district
administration offices (DAOs) across the country for two hours.
In the Kathmandu valley, hundreds of Maoist cadres demonstrated in front
of the district administration offices of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and
Bhaktapur, chanting slogans against the President's 'unconstitutional
move' and demanding its immediate withdrawal.
Works at the DAOs was affected for hours due to the protest.
The Maoist party is to stage similar demonstrations at the VDC offices
across the country and organise other protest programme in the following
days "to restore civilian supremacy".
The party has said it would launch stronger protest movement if the
President move is not retracted. nepalnews.com mk June 03 09
