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20th September 2010, 08:52
Efforts on for Maoist-UML coalition
Monday, 20 September 2010 08:04
Unified CPN (Maoist) leaders have said they will form a majority government with support of the CPN (UML) as per a three-point agreement between the two parties on Friday if the efforts to form a consensus government fail.
Maoist leaders claimed UML had pledged support for them for a majority government if required at a meeting with six fringe parties which supported them during the prime ministerial election at Maoist parliamentary party office, Singha Durbar Sunday.
"We will form a majority government with support of UML and continue our efforts to secure a two-thirds majority," Sunil Prajapati, leader of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), quoted Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Our priority is still a consensus government, but we will form a majority government with CPN (UML) if our efforts for consensus fail, said Maoist vice chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha after the meeting.
UCPN (Maoist) had decided to withdraw from the prime ministerial race in the next round of election after a three-point agreement with UML last Friday.
Claiming that the election process should end as two of the three candidates had already withdrawn, Shrestha said, we will first urge Nepali Congress (NC) to withdraw candidacy and request the Speaker to suspend the election process with if NC refuses to do so.
We will inform the Speaker of the Maoist-UML agreement in writing, Shrestha added.
Meanwhile, leaders of the fringe parties lamented the Maoist leaders did not consult them while deciding to withdraw the candidacy even though they had stood beside the Maoists in the prime ministerial elections.
Leaders of six fringe parties including NWPP, Nepa Party, CPN (ML-Samajwadi) and Janata Dal were present at the meeting.
Sources say, there has been an agreement to make Jhala Nath Khanal the Prime Minister if a two-third majority is created and Pushpa Kamal Dahal the Prime Minister if only a simple majority is created.
Maoist leaders also claimed the Madhes-based parties were also positive on their efforts to form a coalition with the UML.
However, CPN (UML) leaders have not given any official response to the Maoist claim. They have neither refuted nor supported Maoist claim of the efforts to form a coalition.
CPN (UML), with 108 seats, and UCPN (Maoists), with 237, seats will have a clear majority together. If the Madhes-based parties also support them, they can form a two-thirds majority without support of Nepali Congress (NC). nepalnews.com
http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/9284-efforts-on-for-maoist-uml-coalition.html
Maoist-UML coalition 'possible'
Added At: 2010-09-19 11:44 PM Last Updated At: 2010-09-19 11:44 PM
Tika R Pradhan
KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist today told the fringe parties, who supported the Maoist candidate in prime ministerial elections, that there was the possibility of a Maoist-UML coalition government if they failed to form a national consensus government.
According to Sunil Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, UCPN-M said it would go for a majority government with UML and then try to garner two-third majority in the Legislature-Parliament. “Maoist chairman Prachanda told us about the possibility of a majority government with UML in response to our query about the protracted deadlock,” Prajapati told THT.
During a meeting with six fringe parties at Singh Durbar this afternoon, Maoist leaders had reiterated their stance of forming a national unity government. However, they said a joint government of the Maoists and UML could be formed if consensus could not be forged among the parties.
Maoist vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha ‘Prakash’ said the party’s topmost priority was to form a national consensus government under the leadership of his party, but they would have no alternative to form a majority government with UML if the attempts to forge consensus failed.
Maoist leaders had briefed the six fringe parties about the three-point agreement inked with the UML. Leaders of the fringe parties expressed dissatisfaction over Prachanda’s withdrawal of PM’s candidacy.
“Chairman Prachanda and vice-chairman Shrestha both apologised for not consulting us before signing the deal with UML,” said Prajapati.
Prajapati had suggested to the Maoist leaders to amend the constitution and include the provision of allowing the single largest party in the CA to form government if three consecutive elections fail to form a new government, with a condition that the party has to garner majority within three months.
The Maoist leaders were for amending the regulation, as the NC and other Madhes-based parties might not agree on that, said Prajapati. Top leaders of NWPP, Janata Dal, Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandidevi, CPN-ML (Samajbadi), Nepa Rastriya Party, and Rastriya Janamukti Party had attended the meeting at the Maoist parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Maoist-UML+coalition+'possible'&NewsID=258416
Monday, 20 September 2010 08:04
Unified CPN (Maoist) leaders have said they will form a majority government with support of the CPN (UML) as per a three-point agreement between the two parties on Friday if the efforts to form a consensus government fail.
Maoist leaders claimed UML had pledged support for them for a majority government if required at a meeting with six fringe parties which supported them during the prime ministerial election at Maoist parliamentary party office, Singha Durbar Sunday.
"We will form a majority government with support of UML and continue our efforts to secure a two-thirds majority," Sunil Prajapati, leader of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), quoted Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Our priority is still a consensus government, but we will form a majority government with CPN (UML) if our efforts for consensus fail, said Maoist vice chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha after the meeting.
UCPN (Maoist) had decided to withdraw from the prime ministerial race in the next round of election after a three-point agreement with UML last Friday.
Claiming that the election process should end as two of the three candidates had already withdrawn, Shrestha said, we will first urge Nepali Congress (NC) to withdraw candidacy and request the Speaker to suspend the election process with if NC refuses to do so.
We will inform the Speaker of the Maoist-UML agreement in writing, Shrestha added.
Meanwhile, leaders of the fringe parties lamented the Maoist leaders did not consult them while deciding to withdraw the candidacy even though they had stood beside the Maoists in the prime ministerial elections.
Leaders of six fringe parties including NWPP, Nepa Party, CPN (ML-Samajwadi) and Janata Dal were present at the meeting.
Sources say, there has been an agreement to make Jhala Nath Khanal the Prime Minister if a two-third majority is created and Pushpa Kamal Dahal the Prime Minister if only a simple majority is created.
Maoist leaders also claimed the Madhes-based parties were also positive on their efforts to form a coalition with the UML.
However, CPN (UML) leaders have not given any official response to the Maoist claim. They have neither refuted nor supported Maoist claim of the efforts to form a coalition.
CPN (UML), with 108 seats, and UCPN (Maoists), with 237, seats will have a clear majority together. If the Madhes-based parties also support them, they can form a two-thirds majority without support of Nepali Congress (NC). nepalnews.com
http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/9284-efforts-on-for-maoist-uml-coalition.html
Maoist-UML coalition 'possible'
Added At: 2010-09-19 11:44 PM Last Updated At: 2010-09-19 11:44 PM
Tika R Pradhan
KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist today told the fringe parties, who supported the Maoist candidate in prime ministerial elections, that there was the possibility of a Maoist-UML coalition government if they failed to form a national consensus government.
According to Sunil Prajapati of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, UCPN-M said it would go for a majority government with UML and then try to garner two-third majority in the Legislature-Parliament. “Maoist chairman Prachanda told us about the possibility of a majority government with UML in response to our query about the protracted deadlock,” Prajapati told THT.
During a meeting with six fringe parties at Singh Durbar this afternoon, Maoist leaders had reiterated their stance of forming a national unity government. However, they said a joint government of the Maoists and UML could be formed if consensus could not be forged among the parties.
Maoist vice-chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha ‘Prakash’ said the party’s topmost priority was to form a national consensus government under the leadership of his party, but they would have no alternative to form a majority government with UML if the attempts to forge consensus failed.
Maoist leaders had briefed the six fringe parties about the three-point agreement inked with the UML. Leaders of the fringe parties expressed dissatisfaction over Prachanda’s withdrawal of PM’s candidacy.
“Chairman Prachanda and vice-chairman Shrestha both apologised for not consulting us before signing the deal with UML,” said Prajapati.
Prajapati had suggested to the Maoist leaders to amend the constitution and include the provision of allowing the single largest party in the CA to form government if three consecutive elections fail to form a new government, with a condition that the party has to garner majority within three months.
The Maoist leaders were for amending the regulation, as the NC and other Madhes-based parties might not agree on that, said Prajapati. Top leaders of NWPP, Janata Dal, Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandidevi, CPN-ML (Samajbadi), Nepa Rastriya Party, and Rastriya Janamukti Party had attended the meeting at the Maoist parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Maoist-UML+coalition+'possible'&NewsID=258416