Defense Minister says peace accord has become obsolete, calls for its review
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:16
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 Defense Minister Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Defense Minister Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said that the review of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) is necessary “no matter what anyone says”, as it was done in a different political situation.

“The peace agreement was done in a different political situation than now and that too for 6 months only,” Minister Bhandari told Kantipur Daily on Thursday, “it has now become three years old and that is why it is necessary to review it.”

She repeated her stance on the issue on the very day United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Karen Landgren took up her controversial statement (about reviewing the CPA to allow Nepal Army to purchase weapons and ammunitions and start its recruitment drive to fill vacant positions) in a meeting with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.

In the meeting, the UNMIN chief expressed her concern about the Defense Minister’s statement and said CPA must be implemented at all cost.

Stating that the peace process might be extended, Minister Bhandari claimed that some of the points in the CPA have adversely affected NA’s efficiency.

“Nepal Army is a national army,” Minister Bhandari added. “It can not be compared with the temporary Maoist combatants.” Nepalnews.com

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BIJAYA  - DON'T BE SILLY TOO MUCH.   |113.199.187.xxx |2009-11-03 08:13:57
You all loosers are collected to form the puppet government and day by day
you
are worsening the situation in the country.You don't have people's mantiate
to lead and You are not worried about the country and the people.You are just
worried that maoist have become the largest party.In the past you used to fight
each other for bones and sent the country to people's war for 12 years again
now
you are trying to send the people into war.This time people will slap
you
badly.Don't be foolish and greedy too much.UN and the world body know you
have
done prejudice,UML has betrayed the nepalese Pople many times SO it is
turned from TIGER to CAT. And you are decreasing the size less and less.I voted
you for 4 times and even in CA Election now I hate myself for your present
activities.I'm not a maoist but I think you leaders are being silly too
much.People hate your silly face and your stupid voices.How could you think to
damage t...
Anonymous  - Peace agreement   |122.173.3.xxx |2009-10-24 08:08:07
Mrs.Bhandari opening mouth too much.Since this dispensation is not able to
perform and wasting precious mandatory time of consution writing through
consensus, it is looking for an excuse for creating trouble and then shifting
blame on others.
But Nation is greater than individuals or parties.
Anonymous   |113.199.152.xxx |2009-10-24 06:45:38
To Harka Karki,
No doubt, you must be in the NA uniform from the perspective of
you comments posted earlier. No one can not deny you hord man power in the army
at the cost of public money for no good reason. Every one knows that we don't
need such a large army in this poor and small country, because we have no enemy
to fight. You have no capabality stopping invasion by the 2 giant neighbouring
countries. If youi are not familiar with India and chinese military strength
please ask I can give you the details of their armed forces strength of all 3
services; Army, Navy and Airforces and of course the Nuclear, Biological and
Chemical strength!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous   |113.199.152.xxx |2009-10-24 06:20:38
Dear Mrs Bhandary,
What makes you to make such contentious statement with
regard to the Nepal army! It is unfortunate you have been made the minister
without knowledge and experiences in this field. First of all, we don't need
such a large army in this country. the reason being; we have no enemy to fight.
You can not contest with out 2 neighbouing giants, Can youi ? No way! You rather
propose to reduce to 10,000 from the pressent strength to use the fund in the
national developement programmes. If you need more in the future to fight the
Maoist, you can increase later.
k.limbu  - defence minister is good and bold;wel.done!   |113.199.146.xxx |2009-10-24 06:16:49
I think nepal,s adversaries are using UNMIN to destroy nepal army to fulfil
their interest over nepal.Thus, we must appreciate our defence minister for
taking such bold decision.NA must upgrade and maintain their morale because only
the NA is the nation,s intact.
Amrit subedi   |180.1.94.xxx |2009-10-24 03:01:07
Bhandari is nud and enemy of our country Nepal.
pwals   |69.226.211.xxx |2009-10-23 20:35:36
एकदम ठीक कुरा हो।
Niranjan  - New Zealand   |125.236.160.xxx |2009-10-23 16:49:39
.....Another issue, UNMIN has always been unsuccessful in resolving any crysis
that propped up in Nepal. It has openly supported Maoists of Nepal in their
quest of power by force. UN has done similar mistakes elsewhere as wll, for
example in Sieraleone, Former Yugoslavia, etc. I have mentioned some of our
ignorant mentality of praising foreigner but criticising our own folks even for
a trivial causes. We do not hesitate to ault doctors, nurses and so on just for
a minor episode but we watch and accept as our fate if our people die fighting
mercenarily for foreign, for example India and UK. Shame on those who came out
on drove criticising our minister against this ugly faced White lady and other
foreigners.
Niranjan  - New Zealand   |125.236.160.xxx |2009-10-23 16:48:21
When people decry and criticise what the politician tells, they are supporting
the opposition group or political party(ies). It is very important to be cool
and settled if you want to comment in constructive way, if you want to improve
the communication. Can we do that in this internationally read e-newspaper? It
is quiet disheartening to see and read some derogatory comments posted. Some
one has gone a step further blaming Mrs Bidya Bhandari of having ual
relationship with another political face Mr KP Oli and a part in the killing of
her late husband. This is really a huge ask and blame, which, if substantiated
she ends up in the jail. So, such accusation should be made with full knowledge
and facts of the events. Otherwise, police should come out and arrest the person
(who accuses the other without substance) on the ground of trying to deceive
the justice system.
Another issue, UNMIN has always been unsuccessful in
reso...
Anonymous   |124.41.236.xxx |2009-10-23 12:44:57
someone here has commented is stuoid to say that it is time to review cpa but
that peron himself/herself is a moron because no agreement can be effective
forever. the minister is courageou to put forward her comments. you cabnnot
compare national army to a rebel outfit. naturally for the sake of bringing
peace to the country the cpa was made n that too for a short time. now it's been
too long so na need to modernise to keep up with modern times. regarding unmin,
it i not require as they take fat allowances n do nothing. if they were so
effective, how come that they have not been able to bring peace in most of the
countries. un is not effective... it is the most cost ineffective organisation
in the world... if usa does not give it the money, it will collapse, so it is
usa's puppet... and for unmin, it has all the joker doing no good work except to
enjoy nepali's hospitality.
so, keep up your courage, minister bhandari... u r

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