Dahal accuses parties of trying to wreck peace process; dubs bid for new
govt as a foreign-orchestrated move
Caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has
accused the UML-led new coalition of trying to derail the peace process,
insisting that the parties are being 'remote-controlled' as they engage in
homework to form the new government.
"On the surface it looks like an attempt to bring down the Maoist-led
government, but their intention is to disrupt the peace process. They want
to push the country into disarray," Dahal said, addressing a mass meeting
organised by his party at Kathmandu's Khula Manch on Sunday. The mass
meeting preceded by protest rallies across the town was part of the
protest against the President's order to reinstate the army chief sacked
by the government.
Dahal said the Maoist party would not backtrack from the peace process
despite being provoked to do so. "We will fight peacefully to make sure
that the new constitution is drafted and peace process concluded," he
said.
The outgoing Prime Minister claimed that he was aware of the President's
move two weeks beforehand, as the move was being devised "somewhere else".
He also accused the parties of being guided by foreign powers in the
entire development since the onset of the army chief row.
"They [parties] are not doing this on their own. Attempts are being made
to snatch away the right of Nepali people to self-decision," he said,
claiming that the parties were involved in all sorts of nefarious
practices to secure a simple majority to form the new government.
Dahal was addressing the mass meeting hours after the UML-led coalition of
22 parties submitted signatures of majority of lawmakers to Constituent
Assembly chairman Subas Nemang.
Senior UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is all set to become the new Prime
Minister with the support of some 350 lawmakers. nepalnews.com mk May 17 09
