Kathmandu, 29 Oct: Fears of a split loomed large in the SPA as parliament meets later Monday to debate a Maoist motion to immediately declare a republic through parliament and conduct assembly election through proportional representation and not mixed election as agreed earlier by the ruling alliance.Maoists have withdrawn from the alliance after joining in on April Fool’s Day.A special session of parliament is scheduled to meet at 11 in the morning after the extended Dasain holidays when no compromise was found by major stakeholders.
Negotiations to end a protracted political deadlock collapsed Sunday night when Maoists rejected a request by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to withdraw their twin demands for an outlet; Koirala-led Nepali Congress is prepared ready for a division in parliament on the Maoist motion.
Maoists even said they would support Koirala as the country’s first president."Political polarization will begin after the voting. It’s clear. There’s a possibility of a conflict. One end will opt for a republic and proportional representation election, a group we represent. Another edge will be non-republican group supported by Congress," Maoist Spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara told mouthpiece daily newspaper Janadisha Monday.
"Don’t call for a division. If there is a division unity will be broken," former speaker Daman Dhungana reflecting the general feeling of EU member states and UN in particular said.Maoists, even with support of other communist parties in the 240-member parliament, don’t have the two-thirds to get the motion through the house."The two demands are dead issues. Maoists will be trapped because of their contradictions. They have been caught in a quicksand."Election dates should be announced . Maoists have their feet in two boats. They will make new demands when elections are announced after present demands are met."But a dialogue should be maintained," KP Oli, former deputy to Koirala, in the previous government said.
The 22, including the two major Maoist demands, had been met by the previous government, Oli told Radio Nepal Monday morning."Maoists have retreated from agreements. They talk of necessity of violence and openly advocate overthrow of government. They talk of a revolution; this should be understood," Oli said.Oli blamed Congress, his own CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist) for the country’s ‘ill health’.He blamed them for pushing only party instead of national interest, ‘cheap talk’,"Parties aren’t understanding problems. Real problems aren’t being addressed. Only superficial issues are being propelled,’ the former foreign minister said bluntly.
CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said foreign aid will stop if if the deadlock is not ended, Nepal Samacharpatra said.Nepal said this was conveyed to him by representatives of aid donors, the newspaper reported in its Tuesday editions.
Negotiations to end a protracted political deadlock collapsed Sunday night when Maoists rejected a request by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to withdraw their twin demands for an outlet; Koirala-led Nepali Congress is prepared ready for a division in parliament on the Maoist motion.
Maoists even said they would support Koirala as the country’s first president."Political polarization will begin after the voting. It’s clear. There’s a possibility of a conflict. One end will opt for a republic and proportional representation election, a group we represent. Another edge will be non-republican group supported by Congress," Maoist Spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara told mouthpiece daily newspaper Janadisha Monday.
"Don’t call for a division. If there is a division unity will be broken," former speaker Daman Dhungana reflecting the general feeling of EU member states and UN in particular said.Maoists, even with support of other communist parties in the 240-member parliament, don’t have the two-thirds to get the motion through the house."The two demands are dead issues. Maoists will be trapped because of their contradictions. They have been caught in a quicksand."Election dates should be announced . Maoists have their feet in two boats. They will make new demands when elections are announced after present demands are met."But a dialogue should be maintained," KP Oli, former deputy to Koirala, in the previous government said.
The 22, including the two major Maoist demands, had been met by the previous government, Oli told Radio Nepal Monday morning."Maoists have retreated from agreements. They talk of necessity of violence and openly advocate overthrow of government. They talk of a revolution; this should be understood," Oli said.Oli blamed Congress, his own CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist) for the country’s ‘ill health’.He blamed them for pushing only party instead of national interest, ‘cheap talk’,"Parties aren’t understanding problems. Real problems aren’t being addressed. Only superficial issues are being propelled,’ the former foreign minister said bluntly.
CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said foreign aid will stop if if the deadlock is not ended, Nepal Samacharpatra said.Nepal said this was conveyed to him by representatives of aid donors, the newspaper reported in its Tuesday editions.
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