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Prachanda downplays plan to declare 'constitution' from streets | Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has clarified that his party is not going to declare what it calls the people's Constitution from the streets on May 29
if the Constituent Assembly gets dissolved. Speaking to reporters in Dhulikhel
on Thursday, Prachanda described the media reports that the party is preparing
to declare a 'people's Constitution' from the streets as 'unfounded'. Nepalnews
quoted him as, saying that the party will only publicise the draft of the Constitution
it has prepared. He said the Constitution that will become defunct after May 28
will be revived after the Constituent Assembly parties forge consensus. He said
it was important to reactivate the Constituent Assembly, which had become dormant
for the past one year. Different parties should come to an agreement to do so.
The parties could not forge agreement due to the inflexibility on the part of
the ruling parties. He said that integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants
has been the main issue of contention between the ruling coalition and his party.
He reiterated that his Party is not in a position to specify the number of combatants
to be integrated right away as demanded by the ruling parties. Earlier, the CPN
Maoist had stated that it would promulgate a Constitution drafted by the party
from the streets on May 29. The party had decided at the meeting of its politburo
to promulgate its Constitution unilaterally if a consensus is not forged before
the Constituent Assembly's (CA) term expires. They decided not to vote for extension
of the term of the Constituent Assembly if new government under Maoist-leadership
is not formed. They also decided to cancel the nationwide protests scheduled for
May 25 and a cadres training scheduled for May 18. |
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