Sunday, May 17, 2009

Prachanda accuses parties of trying to wreck peace process; dubs bid for new govt as a foreign-orchestrated move


Prachanda accuses parties of trying to wreck peace process; dubs bid for new govt as a foreign-orchestrated move

Caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Prachanda 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.

Unified CPN-M chairman and caretaker Prime Minister Prachanda ...

"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.

Prachanda 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.

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