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Saorsa
2nd August 2009, 12:44
Maoists issue code of ethics; leaders not allowed to own property Sunday, 02 August 2009 10:26
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The Unified CPN (Maoist) has barred its central leaders from owning private property and engaging in any income generating activities. The 15-point code of ethics issued by the party’s central committee Saturday has instructed its central leaders to adopt an economical life style and transfer any properties in their name to the party.
It has also decided to take back all but seven four-wheelers being used by various Maoist leaders.
There are about a hundred vehicles belonging to the Maoists temporarily registered in the name of various individuals. The party has decided to allow leaders to use two-wheelers, but allow four wheelers only after taking permission from the central committee.
The code of ethics also bars central leaders from sending their children abroad for education. It has instructed party leaders to devote their full time for party activities and put in physical labour where necessary.
According to the code of ethics, party leaders will not be allowed to accept any donations at individual level and need to submit details of their income and expenditure every quarter.
The party issued the code of conduct in an attempt to make the lifestyle of leaders at par the life style of the people of proletariat class following wide criticisms from within and outside the party for luxurious lifestyle of the leaders. nepalnews.com (http://nepalnews.com/)



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Code of conduct imposed on Nepal Maoists, party’s convention early 2010


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The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist has decided to hold the General Convention beginning January 29, 2010, early next year.
Dina Nath Sharma, the Maoists’ party spokesperson told reporters that the central committee meeting held on Saturday August 1, 2009, had decided to hold the General Convention of the party next year.
The Maoists’ party is holding its first general convention after joining the mainstream politics, 2006.
Similarly, the CC meeting of Friday, July 31, 2009, also decided to Party-ize personalproperties of 133 central leaders.
The decision came with the Maoists’ objective to make the lives of the central leadership a la proletariat.
Also, the Maoists’ party passed 15-Point Code of Conduct for the party leaders and cadres to control the lavish living of the leadership.
The code of conduct has been brought to practice as the number of complaints coming from the party cadres alleged that the party’s top leadership had become luxurious and the living standards suddenly went up contrary to what it should have been of fire brand communists.
The code of conduct also restricts the party leadership for sending their children to study abroad.
According to the code of conduct, vehicles owned by the party leaders will now be controlled by the party.
Some junior leaders openly criticized the others for their sudden growth in the living standard at the Friday meeting, reports reveal.
Earlier on Friday July 31, 2009, the party had decided to constitute a commission to investigate the very clandestine source of the luxurious lives of some of its party’s top-hats in Kathmandu.
The Maoists party central committee that begun almost a month back came to and end on Saturday, August 1, 2009.
The Saturday meeting also finalized the portfolio distribution of the party leaders.
Dina Nath Sharma told the media that as per the decision of the CC, Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been appointed as the party chairman, Mohan Baidya Kiran as deputy chairman, Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai and Naryan Kaji Shrestha Prakash and C.P. Gajurel and Post Bahadur Bogati as the party secretaries.
The Maoists’ party is holding a press conference Sunday, August 2, 2009, to make the party decisions public.
Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai was not present at the Friday Central Committee meeting for some mysterious reasons. Albeit he was located in Gorkha making some lectures.
2009-08-02 09:03:26

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Maoists to enforce code of conduct for leadership

Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, Aug 1 - The Unified CPN (Maoist) on Saturday decided to hold its seventh General Convention (GC) starting January 27, 2010. Wrapping up its Central Committee (CC) meeting that began nearly four weeks ago at the party headquarters in Koteshwor, the main opposition party also handed over the responsibilities among the party central members.
On the final day of Maoist CC, the party also drafted a 15-point code of conduct for the party members.
However, the place for the conduction of its GC has not been finalised. The former rebel party that led a decade-long armed revolt has not hold its GC for the past 18 years.
It has been understood that the party decided lay down the code of conduct for the leadership in order to ‘cleanse’ the party, after the party leadership was criticised for being comfort seeker and materialist. For the first time in its 18-year-long history of single leadership, the UCPN (Maoist) adopted multi-post system leadership, sharing responsibilities among the central members at Friday’s meeting. The party also decided to launch health campaigns in the diarrhoea-hit mid-west from where the party began its armed people’s war.

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Ovi
2nd August 2009, 19:20
What defines 'owning' property? There are certain rights such as:
- control of the use of the property
- a right to exclude others from the property
Which a dictator possesses. He might not sell it since he's basically the only one who owns this kind of stuff in the country and getting a direct benefit from the property is also useless since his wealth it's not measured in dollars. Yet if he has complete control over the "public" property (factories, land, a huge villa), how is this different from private ownership?

Lolshevik
3rd August 2009, 05:39
Well... honestly, I would've expected them to already have these measures in place.

Still though, very good.

Saorsa
3rd August 2009, 05:50
Lenin drove a rolls royce.

DecDoom
3rd August 2009, 18:34
Good on them! :thumbup1:

Pogue
3rd August 2009, 18:37
What made them feel obliged to do this? Surely for a communist ot generate income from private property would be totally contradiccary anyway, and for a Maoists, someone apparently fighting for the progression of the nation and working class, to have the money and desire to send their children to a school abroad would seem to be things we'd take for granted. How would the Maoist leadership ever have the money to do this anyway, in somewhere as poor as Nepal?