KATHMANDU, JUL 15 -
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, who is also a UCPN (Maoist) vice-chairman, said on Saturday that the party’s path of peace and constitution was affected due to the dual stance of the leadership on the same as endorsed by the Chunwang meet in 2005.
Speaking at the party’s ongoing Central Committee meeting, the Maoist ideologue said that the peace and constitution-writing process would have been completed had the party implemented its decision without vacillating between peace-constitution and revolt. The Chunwang meet had decided to join peaceful politics by accepting multi-party democracy. In the sixth plenum of 2010, Dahal did not firmly support the line of peace and constitution to cajole the Mohan Baidya faction of the party which was pushing revolt as the ultimate strategy. Bhattarai, however, was in favour of peace and constitution.
Dahal firmly followed the path of peace and constitution only after the party’s Central Committee meeting in 2011. On Saturday, Bhattarai was hinting at Dahal’s failure to toe the peace and constitution line on time. In the meeting, Bhattarai argued that the Baidya faction created hurdles in implementing the official line set by the Chunwang meet. He stated that the party should not repeat the “past mistake” by leaving the government without agreement among parties on the disputed contents of the new constitution.
“Quitting the government without ensuring a new constitution will be suicidal,” a leader quoted Bhattarai as telling the meeting.
The CC meeting will conclude on Sunday as the plenum beginning on Monday will chart the party’s future political course after the Baidya faction defected on June 18. In the ongoing Central Committee meeting, some Maoist leaders also demanded party’s clear India policy. Leaders Amik Sherchan and Lila Mani Pokhrel said the party should not raise the issue of Indian interference in Nepal.
Source: http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/07/15/top-story/party-didnt-toe-peace-charter-line/357161/
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