Kathmandu,
Nov 24: The UCPN (Maoist)-led 22-party alliance has said that the constitution
writing process has plunged into a crisis due to the conduct of the ruling
Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).
The
alliance said that crisis in political process has emerged due to ruling
parties' unilateral step to move ahead by violating the 12-point agreement,
Interim Constitution of Nepal-2007, Comprehensive Peace Accord and other
agreements inked in different times with various forces.
At
a news conference here in the capital on Monday, UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa
Kamal Dahal urged the NC and UML to internalize the sentiments and aspirations
of the Interim Constitution of Nepal and documents of all other agreements and
compromises made in the past.
"The
ruling parties are moving with the concept of disregarding the past agreement
and consensus. This practice has pushed the progressive transformation and
peace process into peril," Dahal said.
The
process of constitution writing on a consensus was obstructed due to those
criticizing Girija Prasad Koirala for making compromise with the Maoists in the
past being at the helm of NC leadership and those disregarding the election to
the Constituent Assembly (CA) in public in the UML leadership, he argued.
On
the occasion, Dahal argued that time has not come to say that constitution
writing process to promulgate in January 22 was over but said the future
depends on the activities of the ruling parties.
Dahal
termed the nine-point common proposal tabled by the NC and UML in the Constitutional
Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee of the CA as 'status-quoist'. He
said that the proposal cannot be accepted as it was just a geographical
division and decentralization in the name of federalism.
Submitting
the signature of the 43 lawmakers in the CPDCC was a plot to invite
confrontation at a time when the constitution writing process was moving ahead
on the basis of a consensus, the former prime minister said.
Dahal
also clarified that he agreed to put the ruling parties' proposal in the annex
of the CPDCC report and expressed dissatisfaction for publicizing it as if
consensus were forged.
Effortful
to make SAARC summit a success
In
the press conference, Chairman Dahal has said that the 22-party alliance would
put special effort to make the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) summit a success.
It
is necessary to make publicity of the positive impact brought about by Nepal's
political change in global community, he said, adding that they are ready to
extend warm welcome to the Heads of the State or Government arriving Kathmandu.
He
further said all should engage their efforts to accomplish the SAARC Summit as
it is associated with the image of the country. Chairperson Dahal informed that
the opposition parties have also centralized their efforts to that end.
On
the occasion, President of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Democratic) Bijay Kumar
Gachchhadar said, "We would not join the government at any cost. Such
propaganda is completely baseless".
Chairperson
of Constitutional-Political Dialogue and Consensus Committee Dr Baburam
Bhattarai said he could not forward the proposal to the Constituent Assembly
(CA) without consensus among major parties on the disputed issues.
Consensus
is a must among the parties even to go for the process, he said, adding that
consensus could only lead to agreement. "I am still optimistic of a
consensus as the parties are holding discussion to that end", he added.
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