Maoists indicate parliament disruption could end

Kathmandu, 7 Nov: Chairman Prachanda hinted in central terai Sunday Maoists could end parliament disruption for one day for the approval of the annual budget.
Maoists have been disrupting proceedings of the legislature for five months.
But the chairman asked parties not to take the end of the disruption for a short time as a victory.
He said discussions will be held with parties to stop the disruptions after returning to the capital.
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UN didn’t interfere in Nepal

Kathmandu, 7 Nov: A top UN official Friday said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon didn’t interfere in Nepal’s internal affairs while suggesting a government on national unity in Nepal.
The security council Friday held discussions on Nepal and UNMIN role.
Twenty-two ruling parties objected the suggestion.
‘The report is intended to encourage Nepal’s political parties to achieve what they themselves have expressed about the desirability of a unity government and does not in an way represent a form on interference,” said Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting of Austria which is holding the security council presidency for November.
“The ruling parties told the view that it is up to the parties and Nepal’s sovereign legislature to decide the type of government, They are always open to on inclusion of all the parties in the government and have specifically asked the UCPN (Maoist) to join the coalition,” Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the council Mahdu Raman Acharya said.
He objected to putting Nepal Army and Maoist combatants in the same category.
“It is the view of the government that the references in the report implying parity between the regular national army and the former combatants living in the UN-monitored cantonments, who may have to be integrated into the security forces or rehabilitated in the society and families, is not likely to help bring a positive outcome in the ongoing negotiations,” Acharya told the council, according to The Kathmandu Post.
“Until the parties establish a clearer framework for cooperation, and find ways of moving forward on major elements of the peace process, it is difficult to plot a structured exit for UNMIN.” UNMIN Chief Karen Landgren said.
The fresh UNMIN mandate ends 23 January 2010.
“There is an urgent need to de-escalate the tensions and to find a framework for taking the peace process forward,” she added.
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