Maoists still effort for national unity govt.

Kathmandu, 25 June: With hopes for a national unity government dwindling, an extended meeting of the Maoist politburo decided to effort its formation, party sources said.
There was no mention of a previous call for such a government under the leadership of Chairman Prachanda.
The leadership dispute has been kept open; it will be decided after there’s agreement on such a government with other parties, party sources said.
The politburo decisions will be announced through a news conference Saturday.
There were internal demands to announce an alternative candidate for premier.
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“”… the three-time former premier [Sher Bahadur Deuba] is not about to concede defeat. The fact that Deuba was sacked twice—failing to hold elections for the first time and inability to bring in the Maoists to talks the second—does not seem to be a disqualification. Paudel [Ram Chandra] has little beyond the party’s history to peddle. The Nepali Congress cannot get any more democratic or socialist than it already claims it has.”

(Maila Baje, Nepali Netbook, 25 June)
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