Tuesday, February 22, 2011

UML politburo decides to revise 7-pt deal; Tuesday CC meeting to take final decision

In what might add do to the woes of Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal who has failed to expand his cabinet, the politburo of his party, CPN (UML), on Monday decided to go for a revision of the seven-point agreement signed between Khanal and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

Prime Minister and UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal, senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, K.P Oli and other politburo members at their politburo meeting at UML Party office, Balkhu on Monday, 21 Feb 2011. nepalnews.com/NPA

After four-hour discussion, the UML politburo concluded that the deal needs to be revised and decided to forward the review proposal to the central committee meeting taking place on Tuesday.

At the meeting, majority of the leaders said the two provisions in the agreement - rotational leadership of the government and establishment of a separate force of the Maoist combatants - needed to be amended. A number of politburo members from the K.P Oli-Madhav Nepal faction are known to have criticised these two provisions.

Similarly, the politburo has proposed to change the term 'inclusive democracy' to 'federal democracy' in the seven-point agreement.

Meanwhile, politburo could not take a decision on Home Ministry which has become the bone of contention between the UML and the Maoists with both sides staking claim for it.

"No decision has been taken on the Home Ministry as we are still in discussion with the UCPN (Maoist)" politburo member Pradeep Gyawali said. nepalnews.com

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