Thursday, January 03, 2013

...and facing a blinking dawn!

Nepal needs stability, but Maoists are having other thoughts

The political crisis in Nepal is all set to be resolved after Maoist chief and caretaker PM Prachanda agreed to end the blockade of the Parliament. And now that Madhav Kumar Nepal is going to be the second PM, more stability can be expected in the beleaguered nation.

The formation of the new government led by the CPN-UML alliance was getting delayed because the Maoists, led by Prachanda had blocked the Parliament, protesting against President Ram Baran Yadav’s move to reinstate Army Chief General Rukmangad Katawal. The Maoists had promised to withdraw their protest as soon as the President rectified his move, but they changed their minds mid-way and stopped the blockade.

The Army Chief was sacked by Prachanda for resisting the integration of former rebels into the forces as decided under the 2006 peace deal. The standoff between the Army Chief and Prachanda had jeopardised the very existence of democracy in a country that achieved peace in 2006 after a decade-long insurgency.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPMMalay Chaudhuri
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